Final Examination Of Conscience

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Beaten and battered

Tortured beyond belief

But still...

A smirk plays on her face because she knows they'll never break her, yet...

She will fall 

A true paradox of life

She is immune, but still susceptible

She can feel the life leaving her

Slowly, bit by bit 

An ache in her soul arises as she wonders have I actually done anything worth remembering?

Have all my "courageous" actions been for nothing except to cure my own guilty conscience?

Still, it was a risk worth taking

A life worth living

And she thinks of all the good times as her last words leave her lips

"You will never break me."

And they ring true in the silent air

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