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i can't stay the same

i can't stay the same

my soul, she speaks...

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Today I walked to the edge of me

resisting the glitters of former shame

no longer beholden to a panacea

because I can't stay the same.

I am feeling my age and the ages I've been

not here and gone too soon

the air around me feels on fire

and I am left howling at the moon.

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