As a young child,
You looked into my eyes,
And saw,
Glittering hope,
Behind them.

Now my eyes are outlined in black,
So you can’t see into them.
But even if you could, you’d see,
Hope drained,
Like the blood from my body.

I believed that dreams were designed to come true.
I believed in others,
I believed in you.

But now I have the scars to prove,
How much faith I’ve really lost.
One cut for every time you cut me.

Open the wound and naivety trickles out.
Until I’m hollow,
Until there's nothing left to make me stay.

And you look into my,
Already dead eyes,
There’s nothing there.

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