Victims

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Victims of grotesque reflections
show neither inner nor outer,
but simply defuse the pain
of their past
on survivors of the shade.

Their shadow of humanity,
trails behind in tears,
as the years of profanity
consume the guilt
that broke apart their soul.

The dishonest humans
care less of fear and hurt,
but are so engulfed by grief,
that they leave a trickle of water
behind them in their wake.

These victims of the shade
are terrified and vulnerable
to the elders that display their backs,
on the humility of  unkindness
and condemn those who sin,

To intolerable Darkness.

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