In Lieu of Xanax

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of perfection on a screen

a hint of tortured possibilities

carried in the pocket

of a life built

through blinders and

the most beautiful denial

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of hope undeniable

the foundation of dreams

dragging rough

through cascading walls

of a substandard fairytale

that twisted joy unhappy

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of a smile through a hurricane

bleeding pain through evaporating tears

a reality forged through time uncountable

landing in the rays truth created

when love proved

the existence of fate

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of peace over pain

a wand in magical medicinals

crashing through solitary anguish

with eyes piercing armor

weaved in passive aggression

leading the lost home

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