The Illusions That Were

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The scratches 

on my arms

grow longer

and longer

as I see

the faint colors

of my flesh

as I scrape 

my nails

light and hard 

on my skin. 



The cuts

on my arms,

bleed

more and more,

as I wrap more

bandages

around myself

and wear more

long sleeve-shirts

to hide the scars.



Then the beeping,

I somehow hear 

goes on and off.

The blurriness

that I saw

goes away

as I finally wake up

and see

that all I saw

were the illusions

that were.

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