Samantha Schenk

I walk down the hall with people all around me.
I look at nothing for there is nothing to see.

No one says hello to me because no one really cares.
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The looks exchanged, those knowing eyes.
They speak the truth, and never of lies.

Those eyes that I hold, ever so dear.
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My life is perfect, I have everything I need.
But this voice inside, is one I must heed.

The voice is wanting, the voice is greed.
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I thought of you today, but that is nothing new.
I thought of you yesterday, and the day before too.

Your gentle smile, your kind 'I love you.'
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Are you blind? can you not see?
That it is your words doing this to me?

One step closer, one more to go.
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I run for my life with no where to go.
You have me enthralled and I cannot escape.
You have caught me in the circle of your arms.
You command me and I must obey.
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When the stars all fade, when they darken and die.
When the world we know, just ceases to try.

When our morning star fades to a glow.
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The cycle repeats itself for all of time.
The only way to feel, for me, is to rhyme.

With fancy words, it may seem like a game.
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The white ocean surrounds me.
Drifting, floating, moving so slowly.

Brown and gold plants reach up for air.
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Reaching for you, memories flash by.
I can imagine you face, and I start to cry.

I look in my mirror, but all I can see.
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This is for you, just hear me out.
It helped me in the midst of my doubt.

A gentle touch, a kind word or two.
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I can feel it inside me, and it's starting to spread.
It all but consumes me, this feeling of dread.

I know what is coming, I know what is ahead.
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Are you blind? Can you not see?
That it is you doing this to me?

You steal my heart, make angels sing.
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