Vault of Guilt

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It's that place in your mind

Where the dead shall never die

No matter how deep you bury the hatchet

The stain of their soul is still upon your own

In time between dusk and dawn

When thoughts stir and awaken

And congregate to that place in your mind

Where the dead have never slept

Behind curtains of conscious

Locked with the unconscious

To take their hands around you

When you've almost forgotten them

And solidify your heart with icy terror

Then retreat back to the place in your mind

Where you dare not go

For fear of the dead who have not yet died

Who won't sleep

Until you lay beside them

Six feet deep

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