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Throughout the years,

I've watched you unravel,

And become afraid,

Of your own shadow,

There's nothing left,

But a husk of a man,

Made up of broken glass,

And fallen ash,

As I sift through the fog,

I know nothing remains,

I'm just hoping to find,

The person I can't replace,

Am I the one that's changed,

Have I been raised by pain,

Embedded within my mind,

Are the memories of home,

A feeling I knew once,

But will never know again,

There's no mending to be done,

For my broken heart,

Throughout the years,

You have grown disheveled,

Giving up on yourself,

Blaming everyone else,

THere's nothing left,

On the cusp of forfeit,

You tossed your life away,

In exchange for poison,

As I search far and wide,

For something you provide,

I just can't bring myself,

To utter the word good-bye,