Innocent in the shadows

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They saw my kindness,
They saw my weakness,

They saw my blood,
The blood was mine, yet they still called me the villain,

I screamed,
I shouted— these were their only memories,

A pile of junk is what I gathered,
A child's fight is what they figured,

Help is what I pleaded,
Monster is what they labeled me,

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