Ashes

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Damaged and damned, that's was I was chosen to be.

Burned to ashes from the past experiences that have beaten me to a pulp.

Uncaring, and dismissed. Burned with fire and acid. Treated like a pile of unfulfilled dreams and miserable reminders on how they failed.

I was burned for just being born.

The smoke in the air reminds me too much of them. I hate the smell, it burns the inside of my nose with resentment.

I refuse to be just charcoal and nothing more. I refuse to be just a forgotten home burned to the ground. Left behind by my architects because they didn't design me perfectly.

I will rebuild myself, no matter the cost.

No matter how many times I'm burned.

No matter how many times I've died and relived again. House after house, home after home.

I will not be a pile of ash.

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