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I’d take all your pains my Friend, if I only could. If I could bring him back to you I would, If only life were that fair. I know you miss him every day An pray to see his face But he is gone and he will not be coming home tonight. I’d never seen your eyes light up, my Friend, The way they did for him, And if only I could call him back, To see that fire within. Today you are numb and empty, my Friend, They’ve handed you your pills, And while you should move on from him, You’re shut off from a...

To buy a life of solitude a man would spend his life in vain. The currency weakens every day, the worth of the human soul is declining. We spend our days in search of a soul to walk beside, but eternally strive to find a loneliness that dwells behind every other wall. The great Banker controls the currency, the trade of love for life. We exist along a line of aquaintences and are confused when we cannot separate ourselves and tell ourselves to let go. Our existence is a miserable journey thro...

Next to the kettle in Sara’s apartment, there was still a photo of Sara and Mike. They were standing in front of a beautiful, quaint guesthouse in Cape Town. It was a clear day in the photo and the smiles were a reflection of the cheerful weather. It was a photograph of Mr and Mrs Mike Stevens on a vacation. It was a surprise holiday that Mike had arranged for their 3-year anniversary. He had romantically blindfolded Sara in a restaurant, boarded an aeroplane, and whisked her off to her home ...

I felt the darkness closing in on me and my worst nightmare was realised. I was slipping further into the darkness and there was nothing to grab on to, no one to heroically reach down and grab my hand and pull me out of the depths. Fear seemed to fill my pores, and my thoughts, permeating every defence I had left. There was no knight, no armour and no sunset to ride off into. This was my last moment and it would never mean anything to anyone. She was found face down in 30cm of water, naked, s...