I AM NOW COLD I AM NOW PURE I'M NOT PLEASED TO SEE YOU I'M PUTTING MYSELF FIRST I AM NOW NUMB DEVOID OF ANY FEELINGS I HAVE AT LAST BECOME HOW I ALWAYS DREAMED I WILL NOT BE CONVINCED OF ANYTHING I WILL NOT BE LOVED OR HELPED I AM PURE, I AM PURE I CANNOT BE TOUCHED I AM NO-ONE'S FOOL I AM DETACHED I NO LONGER CARE I AM FAR AWAY FROM WHAT YOU KNEW NO LONGER CONCERNED WITH ANY THOUGHT OF YOU I WILL NOT BE FOOLED BY SMILES OR WARMTH MY WINGS ARE NO LONGER CLIPPED I AM PURE, I AM PURE I AM NOW BROKEN I WILL NOT BE HELD I AM FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S UP AHEAD I WILL NOT RISE ON THIS OCCASION NO STRENGTH FOR THE FIGHT WORLD WITH AN END I NO LONGER HEAR YOUR EMPTY WORDS I'M GONE WHERE NO-ONE CAN REACH ME I AM PURE, I AM PURE I AM PURE, I AM PURE I AM FREE.
Reason for writing:
The inevitable hardening of emotions that you experience as life has it's way with you.
Where does it end?
Pure has another life as a song.
Birth sign: Not entered
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