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500. The Sun Rose

The sun rose slowly on that day
My food tasted so bitter sweet
I’d filled my life with feigned remorse
For soon the maker I’d meet
No stranger to pain I was alone
My conscience filled with regret
I couldn’t remember what I’d done
Only in my final hours did I fret
So filled with rage and anger I was
From the time I had reached eleven
I surrendered not to parent brutality
Preferring earthly salvation instead of heaven
Yet I blame no one for my transgressions
For evil rises within everyone’s soul
I chose the road that I traveled
The sun no longer sets where I go


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