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My own heaven bathed in tears

Even a life of sorrow

Would beg for another day

But I would call it mercy

To be granted one day less

Or so my pain would say

If it had but the words to speak

What can I do

For just a moment of reprieve

To silence the noise

And fatigue

To find comfort

For a soul

That has never known calm

I would not die

In the shadow of a glorious light

From a lifetime

All alone