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You wake up in the morning to a dark room,
the feelings from the night before resonant,
swallow them down before they rise up
and pull you right around the corner.

You walk into the day with your mind far apart,
torn at seams with nothing new to start,
hold your gait before your shoulders drop
help's just there right around the corner.

You reach a cold alley unlit some time after none,
unable to differentiate between reality and your mind stark,
that right there is the glimmer of a star in the sky;
a beacon of hope around the corner.

You stare at it with mistrust as you walk closer,
your soul no longer used to the bright,
don't feel shy, it won't burn you sweetheart,
it's just going to warm your soul around the corners.

You close your eyes and sleep for the first time in years,
truly sleep without being hunted by the dark,
you feel a warmth emanate from within that's so foreign,
you're sure it's going to disappear around the corner.

There are days where the star will no longer twinkle,
leaving you dark and distraught, lonely in ire,
those are the nights you need to be patient,
a new day is right around the corner.

That is the guiding star that'll lead you towards light,
the divination that'll bring out in you the best and bright,
and when the world feels cruel, so haughty and high,
remember, love, only candles are brave to shine when the nights are tight.

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