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Poetry: Existence

Tangled web of broken dreams,
life is never what it seems.
Obstacles from every side,
wishing things more simplified.

Never thinking it's good enough,
calling God out on his bluff.
Praying for miracles, wishing for peace,
there never seems to be any release.

Humbled by fear and lifted by hope,
seeing yourself through a telescope.
Another star in the universe falls,
in the end will we be nothing at all?

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