By Way of Pain 

A pattern of deceit and trickery with those Delphian eyes... oh!

How they betray such darkness held captive, confined deep within her mind

Cold whispers surround the delicate cloak of sleep forever absent from this nightmare

Once a fancied delusion, now a listless pool of bane and decay

Fragmented memories define a life half-lived

Cursed nights, bludgeoned dreams

She weeps for escape 

Forgive her

  

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