《Paint Me a Poetry》14: Lost
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I thought I already knew who I am,
But then recent situation had appeared.
Hinging my mind with so much damn,
That it broke the person I built inside.
It's like being back to what I used to be,
It's like being caged with inferiority.
I was so sure that this is the real me,
Yet I forgot that my old self is still alive.
It was just hidden beneath my soul,
Waiting for the door to open.
Watching me kill its existence,
It was just quiet still, grinning like a devil.
It slipped through my arrogant side,
Waking my flaws and insecurities.
A wave of anxiety it hide,
Revealed itself obscuring my abilities.
I broke and shattered back to the old me,
Floating into the midst of anxiety.
Swimming through the depth of insecurity,
And now I'm lost... yet again.
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Dear Spellbook (Rewrite)
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8 760Hiraeth: Promise of the World
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8 142Alluring Smile (Yāoráo De Wéixiào)
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8 185Divine Mortality
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8 160shoot her | jjk
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8 112desire | lucas sinclair
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