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Every Sound

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Every sound
A shrill reminder
That my mind
Is incapable of rest

There is no escape
Nowhere to hide
From the waves
That pound my chest

The voices rise
Above the break
Capped white
With ill intent

My breath ripped out
By the undertow
Silent is the descent
Help will not be sent

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