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<h3>Poem by <span class="has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color">Refilwe J Mokgatlenyane</span></h3>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/crumpled-blanket-in-dark-room-at-sunset-3337209/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Photo by Mo from Pexels</a></p>
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<p>She is being chased by her own shadow<br>Locked behind the bars of sin<br>Locked behind the dark world she cannot see<br>A world without stars and the moon</p>
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<p>Her tears are black<br>They flow endlessly and no one hears her scream<br>She doesn’t know herself anymore, she is slowly losing track to her dream<br>Her shadow scratches her down the neck<br>It holds her from the back,<br>And she can’t run any faster</p>
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<p>She wails,<br>Because whatever plan she tries to escape fails<br>She sees the dark she cannot escape<br>She sees the world where she cannot breathe</p>
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<p>She suffocates, gasping for air<br>She tries to sway her hands and run away<br>But a voice threatens her not to dare<br>She still tries to run but suddenly her hands are tied tight</p>
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<p>Someone shakes her and she can now feel it’s real<br>She jumps out of bed and realizes now that all that was just a bad dream<br>But now she falls to her knees to thank him<br>Him who is high above and was watching her fight in her dream<br>Him who helped her to win the fight, which is why she woke up</p>
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