Survivor

My head was empty 
and I had nothing to say.
I was dying,
you were dying,
everyone around us was dying.

I wanted to live,
but I just didn't know how.
I was looking for a way out
after you had disappeared.

I should have seen it,
underneath all the layers of hate,
something beautiful had been growing,
thriving
in the midst of all the shit,
waiting to burst from my lungs
and make it all right
again.

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