Shot in the Heart

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Your eyes,

Filled with kindness and hope.

Your smile,

Never fading from your face.

Then why,

Do I see an internal doubt behind those propagandist lies?


Your eyes,

Filled with determination and hate.

Your smile,

Wiped clean from the blood.

Then why,

Do I sense undying fear in the place of pride?


Now I wonder if those scars will ever heal,

And I fear that I won't recognize the stranger who returns to me.

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