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Loss of willpower, and a craven emptiness that feels like a deep dive and fall into more emptiness. <br>Yet the hole never bottoms out. <br><br>This is utter shame, and it hurts so much just to open my eyes.<br>Heavy to breathe my walk is sullen. <br>Head heavy, and arms stoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyday.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope is difficult to find at this stage, but I\u2019m forced to move on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s still a voice in me that says it might be fine, it might be fine to try again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lo\u2019 a strong shattered man is cut to pieces and still stands up bleeding until the shit clots and dries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then walk on cuz\u2019.<br>Battle rows again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m that guy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut to shreds, and still crying when I walk ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m weak and feel cold, but I have to be strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bleeding sure hurts, but fuck it, shit will clot and dry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll brush it off. I\u2019ll brush off the fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just walk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuz\u2019 Shame is not Me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to keep on walking forward,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuz\u2019 my moment begins now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve decided to make a change today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll burn off those cuts while still raw with a molten metal pole, and will lick off my own blood to heal all wounds that I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Painful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m moving on, staggering one step at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An uphill struggle, one pedal at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cycling, cos\u2019 my life depends on it still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuz\u2019 honest to myself, cos\u2019 gear for the soul is all I have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My day began now, all over again today for me to live the \u2018inninth time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third, the sixth and the ninth,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at me now, and dare my face to survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pain is real. 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