Within Myself

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A dunk in ice-cold water
A fist to the gut
A hand to the face.

Chaffing my wrists, thighs, neck
I can't breathe
There's sand in my eyes
I can't forget
I'm too afraid.

To make it to the light
You need to go through the darkness.
I'm too afraid of the dark.

Teams are flooding
I can't breathe
I won't breathe
It hurts to remember
It stings to forget
It stings to cry.

They're all I have left.
How could I possibly leave them, us, behind.
These memories, these shackles, these chains.

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