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One more dark night
And it will be over
Only one foggy hour
And it will be forgotten

Sitting alone behind my closed door
A bottle of poison beckon from the rack
As I remember how we were as lovers

You are now married to the rich thief
I know we are done and you are gone

I still loved all the happy moments we shared
It was the best of my simple life
I'm mad at you and at myself
Because I can't stop loving you

My heart has stumbled on the subject of suicide
Pondered in its darkness briefly
But as I near that ecstasy of death
I crave for life once again
I must stay and fight for my place in destiny
Only cowards run to hide behind shallow graves

My heavy heart will never stop asking
If this is how people just walk away

© Olatuja Oloyede