You are not alone in this endless waking nightmare

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I promise I’m here

I’m a shadow in my own mind,

That’s all I am; these prison doors make me blind

I plot my escape, I can’t give in,

I feel the strength rising; this battle’s mine to win.

A walk to clear my head is all that I need,

But I’m deeper now than before; I feel so weak.

My mind’s a storm, voices screaming so loud

Nowhere to run; I’m on my own in t