What do you do?

What do you do?

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What do you do

When fighting a faceless enemy

A ruthless invader

That destroys

Indiscriminately

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What do you do

When you can’t see

That which threatens

Your very existence

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What do you do

When your life comes

To a grinding halt

When the people and places and things

That you love

Are suddenly out of reach

.

What do you do

When hugging a loved one

Can hurt them?

.

What do you do

When people you care about

Are thrust into survival mode

Desperate for hope

.

What do you do

When there’s nothing left to do

But sit with yourself

In the dark stillness

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What do you do

When you’re face-to-face

With your inner world

With no way to escape

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What do you do

When you go mad

When your thoughts hijack control

And threaten to bring you down

.

What do you do

With the deafening silence

That blares in your ear

Pulsating

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What do you do?