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Child Scorned

Child scorned to woman scorned
Cycle of destruction
Cycle of fire
I scratch
At the charred surface
And find pure beauty
Beneath ashes

Carved in stone is the strength
I find,
In a lake of sorrows,
A storm of anger,

She sits alone.

A mere child
Of soft pink flesh
Ready to live

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