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Eternally pushed toward bend...
shaky nerves wrench,
confidence rattled again...
don't bet mine shall easily break,
though... erected bones are deceptive
& strenuous to fake;

stress spits line upon clean sheet, promises making uneven beat,
brain knows better than to fall under spell sweet,
gnaw at a minutes defeat,
bad intentions fill up room as heavy mesquite;

yet, I drop barricade,
let Pandora's box draw opportunistic landscape,
adversaries strike minute scrape;

make eyes turn back past...
deem it necessary,
swear mine puppeteer resembles masochist;

manifesting new strengths within vocabulary...
rationing bits to carry,
-
one rather induces mind deterioration to cemetery.