in the beginning...

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i was simple, and true.

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i can hear them now,

those bells of revolution ringing their dark refrain.

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i hear the screams of the innocent and guilty alike.

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their shrieking clouds my hearing,

pooling at the bottom of my heart like India ink.

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breathing becomes difficult as I gasp for air,

only to find blood dripping down the back of my throat,

flooding my lungs.

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the light from behind me makes a shadow over those sad corpses.

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i am a killer.

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she is too.

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i open my eyes,

hoping so dearly that it's all a dream.

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i open my eyes,

and the world looks as if it's been renewed.

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i open my eyes,

and I see her smiling at me with every fiber of her being.

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suddenly,

she is the only thing in the world that matters.

-clack clack...bing-