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 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE DARK TO THE LIGHT

THIS TUNNEL


  LIFT THE VAIL FROM MY EYE'S
KEEP ME SAFE FROM THEIR LIES.
  TURN ON THE LIGHT,OPEN A
DOOR, I'M TIRED OF WALKING ON
  DISTANT SHORES,THESE CLOUDS
ARE DARK, THE WATER TO HOT,TIRED
  OF BEING SOME THING I'M NOT.
LEFT THIS VAIL SO THAT I MAY
 WALK THROUGH, THAT I MAY BE
CLOSER TO YOU...THESE SHORES
  ARE LONG,THIS GRASS IS HIGH,
EVERY THING HERE COVERS MY EYES.
  I MAY SEE IN COLOR,BUT MY
VISION ISN'T CLEAR..I WIPE
  AWAY ONE FRAGILE TEAR...
FEARING NOT WHAT I SEE,IS THERE
  SOME THING WRONG WITH ME..?
MY INSIDES SHAKE,MY OUTSIDE
  STILL..AS THEY PASS I FEEL
THEIR CHILL..THIS TUNNEL IS
  HERE...AM I IN OR OUT...?
CAN YOU HEAR MY VOICE AS I
  SHOUT...? INSTEAD OF SHORTER
IT KEEPS GETTING LONGER..
  THE CLOUDS GET DARKER,THE GRASS
GETS TALLER...WHAT AWAITS AT THE
  END, I HAVEN'T A CLUE,IS IT ME..?
OR IS IT YOU..?
  NO LIGHT THAT I'VE SEEN..,NO
FRESH AIR TO BREATH..,THE CARBON
  IS EATING AWAY AT ME....
AIR SO THICK STILL CAN'T BREATH.
  WATER IS DEEP, PAST MY KNEE'S...
GRASS SO HIGH YOU I STILL CAN'T
  SEE...CUTTING AWAY AT WHAT
BLOCKS THE LIGHT,WALKING THROUGH
  THE LONG DARK NIGHT...
SHAKING,STILLNESS,FEELING OF
  BREATHLESSNESS...
WALKING THROUGH THIS TUNNEL
  TRYING TO FIND YOU..,

  







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