• I walk a thin line between the sea and sky,
    a million foot drop and I cannot fly.
    I risk my life on this thin line,
    that it can hold me and I'll be fine.
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    My hands, untainted with blood or death,
    but eyes so blackened with filth of breath.
    A weight is added, now unstable,
    the line could snap like a cable.
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    My feet, sore and red,
    walking on wire that fills me with dread.
    A weight is added, I start to tilt,
    stumbling on a wooden stilt.
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    My lips, chapped and dry,
    unmoving from a frown and parting to lie.
    A weight is added, but balance I keep,
    still this line is getting to steep.
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    I walk a thin line between heaven and hell,
    I have yet to hear what there is to tell.
    I risk my life of this thin line,
    I look for a way, some sort of sign.
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    My arms, reach and grab,
    looking for anything that will not stab.
    A weight is added, I grit my teeth,
    fighting from falling underneath.
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    My back, bending then straight,
    won't reach the end at any rate.
    A weight is added, I wish for no more,
    but I know that there is much in store.
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    My legs, wore and aching,
    feeling bones shattering, breaking.
    A weight is added, I hear a crack,
    the line is breaking, but there's no turning back.
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    I walk a thin line between young and old,
    I am not a coward, but I am not bold.
    I risk my life on this thin line,
    knowing of a good time.
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    My mind, beaten and looked on through,
    to who I am, I have not a clue.
    A weight is added, my knees feel weak,
    yet I can see the peak.
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    My heart, pulsing and silent,
    how thoughts go from sweet to violent.
    A weight is added, my heart's cage shakes,
    with a pop, my ribs all break.
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    My eyes, blank and not crying,
    whispers of others that I'm not buying.
    A weight is added, yet I shed not a tear,
    my mind as long forgotten my fear
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    I walk a thin line between insanity and sanity,
    I'm starting to lose all my humanity.
    I risk my life on this thin line,
    seeking things that I still pine.
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    Myself, so lost and now confused,
    left to walk and forever bruised.
    A weight is added, and names I call,
    through my memories, the light, the pain, I fall.
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    I walk a thin line between modesty and vanity.
    I walk a thin line between human and inhumanity.
    I walk a thin line between joy and anger.
    I walk a thin line between safety and danger.
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    I've risked a life that is mine.
    Until this day, I walked that thin line.