[CAPTIONS]

i. my heart is a ghost town

I called out to every passerby in this dead and desolate town; 

asking if they could hear me but to no avail.

Not a single could hear me as they move on with their merry lives. Those with broken souls seemed to have mend themselves with the company of others. 

No longer do they need I. 

I, who whispered nothing but nothingness to them. 

I, who could do nothing to mend their wounded souls. 

I, who is helpless, in the face of helplessness. 

As with my fleeting existence, I could no longer match their pace. 

It was like standing together on the same pedestal but on divided worlds. 

 could no longer hear each others' voices.

Upon this oppressively somber town, 

I cast my shadow; 

shunning away from the laughter, 

away from the words I could no longer comprehend.

My only friend; the silence.

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ii. i am not you

You who is accepted;

You who is smart and decisive;

You who they want me to be;

You who I long to be;

All which I am not.

You who see the light,

at the end of every tunnel;

And me, who do not.

You who takes all the right turns,

And never falters.

I who makes all the wrong turns,

And falters;

would never shine the way you do.

I pray, ever so, to be; but never will I.

The way you shine even as you fall,

The way I sink as I fall;

deeper into the abyss.

And without fail, I fall.

You who I see, only in my dreams;

Sorry I cannot be as I may;

Sorry for losing sight of all that might be,

Sorry I could not stand; 

for I lost the way.

For truth be told;

I am not you,

And never shall I.