One day you pretended to be
Strong;
One day you pretended to be
Brave;
One day you pretended you could
Know;
One day you pretended to be
Me;
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That day you got broken
In every place;
That day every demon
Took notice of your face;
That day you knew how great was
Your ignorance,
And yet you refused
To stop pretending;
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And as you healed,
You found strength;
And as you met your demons,
You made friends with fear;
And as you learned,
You grew honest,
And thus you truly
Summoned me:
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Because you,
Who was so fragile,
Who used to be scared
Of her shadow,
Who felt unworthy
Of knowledge,
Played me
With such deadly abandon;
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I have come,
And I’ll always protect you,
Be for you a shoulder
To lean on;
You’ve made it so
I could never leave you;
Mine are the eyes
That look back from your mirror