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WHY?

 (My two cents regarding the "Ending Self Destruction" competition)

Inspired by:
“I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.”
― Hermann Hesse


When someone I trust
one who’s been to hell
just barely escaping
tells me don’t go there
yet I still plan a visit
by what madness am I driven?

Am I so audacious?
believing that I am impervious
when my path is strewn
with ruined lives
annihilated souls
survivors left lonely

It is not a weakness
to learn from other’s mistakes
but still I thrust my hand in the fire
I’m not ready to die
paradoxically I do all I can
to speed death’s coming

Though not by me
I am loved
no external reason exists
to warrant self-destruction
how vain am I to argue
that I am irrelevant?

Hence the comprehensible
ludicrous nature
of self-loathing
Written by Gahddess_Worship (Osomajestuoso)
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