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    The world is much more cruel

    Marks on the inside
    make it even with the out.
    I will show you tough love
    and what it’s all about.
    I might as well bleed here
    with you & a razor in your hand
    I don’t feel alive anymore,
    & I don’t know where I stand.
    press the blade against my skin,
    hit an unpleasant violet red
    soon it will be too late
    I will already be dead.
    thank you for never noticing
    when I walk in, sleeves of blood
    . And for never realizing
    it wasn’t just an accidental cut.
    please don’t shed a tear for me
    when im drowning in a crimson pool.
    but even with the razor, so sharp,
    the world is much more cruel.

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