Burn The Roses
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Last published Sun, Dec 16, 2018
Endless late nights with my cat curled up at my feet has led me here. The world is never quite and neither is my mind. As the crickets churp and the trains pass by I am at war. My mind is a battle ground. With every passing minute my sanity bleeds out of me. My hands are my weapon. Ready to create or destroy. Either way a story is told. Either way life is altered. My thoughts are bullets that pierce the unsuspecting soldier's heart. You are my next target. Will you make it back home unaffected?
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Contains graphic depictions of depression, loneliness, gore, anxiety, school shootings, suicide, and sexual assault/rape.
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