Hell

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Hell is being trapped inside yourself, powerless to flee your own destructive compulsions. Hell is watching yourself lose control day by day, little by little. Hell is never becoming what you know you ought to be. Hell is waiting for an inevitable untimely demise. Hell is wearing your demons every day and faking a smile to hide the pain. Hell is knowing that nobody can...
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maniasuccubus:
Love it ❤️
mermaidqueen:
Great poem! And thanks for the follow! :-) 

so tired of the gray twilight...

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"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

​"El Nuevo Coloso" ("The New Colossus" in Spanish)

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No como el gigante plateado de fama Griega,
Con extremidades conquistadoras extendiéndose de tierra a tierra;
Aquí, en nuestras puertas en el atardecer bañadas por el mar, estará de pie
Una poderosa mujer con una antorcha, cuya llama es
La luz de los prisioneros y su nombre es
La madre de los exiliados. Su mano como faro
Brilla en bienvenida al mundo entero. Sus ojos...
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Enthralled

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I'm stuck in a self-destructive spiral. I look up and see nothing but a long tunnel; I look around and see nothing but dirt. I've tried so many times to crawl out; I've made it pretty far a time or two. But I always fall back down. I get no pleasure or satisfaction from anything but her... and she is killing me. She is...
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plumpp:
I very much like this configuration of words :D