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I can't do this anymore
I can't breathe
I'm tired of being afraid
I'm tired of the inner lonliness
I miss so many things - the past seems like a dream.

This is my reality
Its not what I had seen
The beginning held so many things.

My heart is breaking
I can't take the pain
I can't live this way

Lies were told
Hope vanished
Memories turned into jokes
Fear breathes down my neck
Freedom knocks on the door...promising peace and stability

The daily struggle lies in this:
Do I answer Freedom's knock?
or Do I let this life have me,
to be the zombie I'm expected to be?

(photo and text went hand in hand. They inspired each other.)