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Created on: January 30, 2011 Last Updated: March 18, 2011
Heavy words that hold burden,
Sit at the edge of my tongue,
Swallowed back hastily.
The heart can scream,
But the mind may only whisper,
And the mouth will not speak at all,
For now.
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