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Deep inside a darkness burns A chasm running deep The shadows come with the night And in my soul they seep From the empty beginning In a dark and quiet womb I live my life from day to day Trapped within this tomb In walls of dark the echoes Can’t roll aside this stone There’s nothing left but the silence As I live and die alone So I light another cigarette And drink another beer And let the shadows close in And succumb to the fear The voices come and whisper And tell me I’m alright Somewhere ...

What diadems of pleasure be Can no longer Rescue me Voices hallow on the wind Will no longer This soul bend The smile that lifts The frown that bites I light my cigarette And sigh Thus I live to die

Thoughts of you begin just like A tumbling, newborn stream And fill my waking moments And my deepest dreams My thoughts of you, they grow Into a raging river That tears into my heart A leaves it there to quiver And like a mighty ocean My thoughts of you abound And free my mind adrift And my soul to drown

The still waters, in those eyes That blanket and enfold me I struggle, gasp and drown In that boundless sea Your secrets, they ensnare me Your mysteries drive me mad And your cruel, kind smile Tells me I’ve been had To touch the cold temptation In those lips – insane And to lose myself in the ocean I can scarce refrain

A map of the galaxy stretched across the screen. Ashwin leaned back in his chair, thoughtfully studying the group of stars to which his teacher was pointing. "Well, it's quite a long trip. Bit out of the way really and definitely overrated." In the back, someone giggled. Ms. Juniper frowned. She had no patience for humor, especially when a student had obviously not done his assignment. "Really, Ashwin," said Ms. Juniper. "That's very enlightening." She stared at Ashwin coldly for another seco...