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no more can I be 
a rug placed at the door
only to be stomped on
this I can not take
constant beating of feet 
crushing my every inspiration
my each aspiration
no longer prominent enough
to ever be remembered


for I have forgotten 


what they were
focusing on pain
felt deep in my chest
reach in:
steal my heart
so the hurting can break free 
free from behind the bars of my rib cage 
becoming a blockade

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