last breath
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i wear my soul on my flesh
so that all may see the pain
that burns through my body
i unpeal my yellow skin
so that you may see
what flows through my veins
for it is no longer blood
but fear that comes to haunt me
look through my chocolate eyes
and you will enter a forbidden world
full of darkness and anguish
leeching on to any sense of life
left inside of me
when you feel my touch
it is not a heartwarming embrace
but rather i am grabbing onto you
for a hope of salvation
and when i kiss you
it is not out of passion
but that you may breathe life
into my dead body and revive my soul
can you not see my tears
can you not hear my screams
can you not feel my grasp
can you not smell the poison
that encompasses me each day
and when you kiss me
do you not taste death at your lips
what must i do to show you
that i need you to live
how much deeper must i dig into my soul
or am i really forsaken
and is there no hope left for me
as i remain this martyr
dying so that others may seek happiness
so that others may be saved
through the marks on my body
and my last exhalation
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