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lily of the valley.
white wings of angels,
sugary, sweet scents,
the home that never was.
lily of the valley.
hidden deep within the valley.
luring me coyly into the valley.
entangling me tightly inside the valley.
lily of the valley.
can’t help but flaunt its pearl-white skin,
hiding dangerous secret truths
under a jellyfish’s stinging veil.
lily of the valley.
false promises drag me close,
like secret threats laced with sugar,
undiscovered until they’re piercing at my throat.
lily of the valley.
a jellyfish’s poisonous sting.
my shattered rose-tinted glasses
slicing cracks across my heart.
lily of the valley.
its masked lies still poisoning this valley.
left with nothing but my broken trust in this valley.
never accepting the fissures it tore through this valley.
The Roar 