Erased Land ·

invent my absence

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By Unknown

invent my absence

invent
my absence
not what has happened
the unimportance
can’t
start
pretty
a continual
nightmare
wide awake
unspoken voice of sorrow
I am not speaking
I am the old house
and the sorrow
tell us as you can: