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Forgetting Sylva

Teen Fiction

Sylva lives her life in constant fear of death: not her own fear, but that of the people around her. Frail and afflicted with a variety of different illnesses, she spends most of her time in bed at home, majority of it with her best friend, Marcus...

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by fablesoul

by fablesoul

Take my legs,

I cannot walk.

This world is smaller

Than I thought.

I can still see;

I can still breathe.

I'm not unfeeling.

I am me.

Take my hands,

I cannot touch.

There's always help,

More than enough.

I can still see;

I can still breathe.

I'm not unfeeling;

Heart still beats.

Take my ears,

I cannot hear.

This world is soundless,

More to fear.

I can still see;

I can still breathe.

I'm not unfeeling;

Count to three.

Take my eyes,

Now I see nothing.

This world is soundless;

Sightless;

Clear.

I am spinning into nothing.

I'm unfeeling

In this wheel.

Take my sight,

My will,

My hearing.

Take all you want

And all you need.

I can still breathe;

My heart's still beating.

I am not here.

I am not me.