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Modern Day Leper

Modern day leper, walk real slow;
Pieces of you left, as you go.
Ever the outcast, turned away
From those who fear your staunch display.

Your words an echo, startling tome!
Life reached for from a catacomb.
Where Death presides, yet hope for such
Yields even his avoided touch.

No place will have you, nor you them:
Who lie like her, who watch, like him...
Flay pieces of soul with each word,
Your cries for peace dying, unheard.

Incredulous, that look in eye
That you would call a lie a lie:
Your feast of sorrows from the prow
Of honor you can't disavow.

Another step, another day
To take you yet further away.
To dream vanquish, to hope release...
Of flesh, of soul, just one more piece.