But You Cannot Escape

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I've laid here for what seems like days

I'm thirty

Hungry

Tired

I don't remember the last time I've slept

I don't want to sleep anymore

I want to be awake

So I just stare at the leaves

The pretty leaves

Red and yellow and orange

They're beautiful

My eyes grow heavy

I try so hard to keep them open

But I'm too weak

I'm already gone

Dead and gone

Not dead yet

Unfortunately

Just tired

I realize

I can't remember my name

I sit straight up

My body protests

I get a painful, pounding headache

What is my name?

Why can't I remember

Everyone remembers their name

So why can't I?

It's all fading

Slowly

But it's fading

And soon it will all be gone

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