based on a true story.

The Inside Cardboard World
A Poem

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You fit into their mold
Like that, your soul is sold
Their artificial smile
Wears down after a while

You're going down into a place
With perfect bodies void of grace

Follow all their laws
Or else nail you to a cross
Don't blink or make a sound
Til you're asleep under the ground

Your faith has become their new mess
This is so much more than a test

Now you're just a cardboard face
With a plastic, see through fragile base
And the grace you once saw from the outside
Is now wrapped up in a heart of robotic lies

Hold your lung's last breath
Pray for a quiet death
You can't make up your mind
Wide paths are now blurred lines

Dive in head first, if you dare
Sinking fast, your conscience tears

Now you're just a cardboard face
With a plastic, see through fragile base
And the grace you once saw from the outside
Is now wrapped up in a heart of robotic lies

Fantasy's reality
This isn't what we're made to be
Step onto the battlefield
Bleed to death, new life revealed.

Now we're just cardboard faces
With plastic, see through fragile bases
And the grace we once saw from the outside
Is now wrapped up in a heart of robotic lies

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