⚠️Trigger Warning: The following poem contains subject matter pertaining to suicide and self-harm⚠️

The fire in my soul has started to die.

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~ ⚠️Trigger Warning: The following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm and voluntary psychiatric hospitalization⚠️ ~...

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~ ⚠️Trigger Warning: The following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm, suicide, and voluntary psychiatric...

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