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"Outlined in Blue Lights"

Towering building, outlined in blue lights,
Like a tomb, a resting place for the girl she used to be.
She took one step inside,
And it took everything that was left of her.
The Healer brought her to the edge and tossed her over,
He left her dangling there and walked away,
Never looking back.

Towering building, outlined in blue lights,
A constant reminder of a life that was nearly destroyed,
Resuscitation, life support, emergency rooms,
Near death, a weakened soul, side effects.
The wrong diagnoses, the wrong doses,
The wrong combination, the wrong method,
Everything went terribly wrong!
"I want to help you," the Healer said,
But he wrote a prescription for disaster instead,
As if he knew along what he was doing to her.

Towering building, outlined in blue lights,
I remember who she was before she stepped inside.
She didn't come out the same,
If she ever came out at all.
Her blood, sweat, and tears remain as stains,
Forever imprinted on his hands...

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