"The Common Fear"
Something flies above my head
And I look up into the sky
The everlasting fear of hope
Grips me as i die.


I see the mourners standing there
Around and through me still
The silent cries of anguish for my death
My imagination they do fill.


The tears that really don't exist
Glisten brightly in the sun
The suppressed smiles of happiness
That I am passed and done.


The scattered few that do remain
Contrast morbidly with the clouds
The fitting gloom and sad dismay
Are nowhere to be found.

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