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It’s not the dreams I was born with / somehow it’s where I ended up
a breath, a memory / the still air / silent voices screaming
It starts again, flash of light in the night / Explosions, running to a shelter / Retaliation, the cries of children
You could have been a night in shinning armor / Protecting the damsel in distress from the ravages of the day Instead you stood there while they dismantled what was left of me / Frozen like a bird …