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Tightrope
Across a tightrope walks I
 Teetering am I
 About to fall am I
 Again
 It feels as if you are
 An invisible net
 You smile at me
 That deadly smile
 I look down at you
 Start to lose my balance
 I struggle to resist falling
 Again
 You beckon me
 But I must not look down!
 I must not look down
 I squeeze my eyes shut
 One foot in front of the other
 Your face still haunts me 
 In my mind
 Your voice echoes throughout me
 I can’t, I can’t! 
 I bend down and grab the rope 
 My hands turn red
 Then white
 I grip the rope
 So hard that
 My hands start to bleed 
 My heart along with them
 A memory seems to shake the rope
 A menacing ghostly hand it is
 I dare to look down 
 You reach towards me
 You reach for the rope
 Wind whips my hair
 I look to my destination
 The grass is green 
 But not as green as 
 The grass you are standing upon
 I beg myself, let go
 But something, something inside
 It lets me know
 You are just tricking me
 Again
 Oh! Fate so cruel
 Am I caught in this
 Endless cycle
 Well, Am I?
 Who is to answer my 
 Desperate Call!
 I need you
 Even though
 You always put me back
 You always pick me up
 Place me on that 
 Rope, cruel rope
 Tightrope
 I wobble yet again
 My tears just can’t stop
 I feel you relish it
 I feel you enjoy my 
 Pain
 I can’t help but love you
 You, you cruel monster
 Your sweet imperfections
 Your tender kisses
 The way we were
 Holding hands
 Speaking softly
 In the Moonlight
 The way we saw each other
 The way you looked at me
 Those eyes
 Those lips
 Your body
 Your soul
 Your voice
 Your mind
 The tightrope wobbles with
 More force now
 Each memory
 Grabbing on
 With ghostly 
 Pale
 Hands
 Shaking that rope
 As if it were
 Well it is
 Trying to make me fall
 Again
 I can’t, I can’t!
 I can’t fall
 I can’t succumb!
 I must make it! 
 I can’t 
 I cannot
 I must
 Must walk
 Must look up
 At least, that’s what they
 They tell me
 I must breathe in deeply
 Walk across this
 Damned tightrope
 Rope, cruel rope
 Damned tightrope
 Net, you must go
 Not a safety net
 Just
 Just a 
 Danger net?
 Leave
 I’m leaving
 I’m moving on
 Goodbye
 Just leave
 Because I’m 
 I’m trying

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