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The hardest truth is one

That you must bear alone.

A scar that is a lesson,

The one that breaks your bones.

In those wasted midnight hours

When it comes biting at your neck,

The bloodletting of tragedy,

There is no going back.

Pain...

Is a master.

What has been done is done as I was told.

Stricken with fear in moments where I behold.

A lie or a truth that is discerning to be,

A pain so real that it brings you to your knees.

All that makes you weak,

Is what enpowers you.

Strength beyond the chains that bind,

Rise above your limitations.