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Taking a Chance
Waking up to yet another day of nothing
Hidden in a set of others just like me
My life is nothing but existing
Making it through one day after another
No real purpose in my life
Just an object in a blank world of existence
The only change that happens
One of us being taken every day
And yet maybe today one of us might not be taken
Scared of the thought of being alone
I myself hiding in the back trying not to be noticed
By that hand, The hand that comes every morning
Taking my companions, the only sense of joy I get
Living in the dark nylon bag
Day after day seeing my peers taken away
My life getting emptier
Loneliness taking over
Wondering if there is some better use for my life
Hoping there is some better use for my life
And maybe, outside of my bag, there is something out there that is better,
Realizing there could be nothing worse than my current situation
Losing friend after friend and not changing at all
Thinking I mine as well try
Shifting towards the front right next to the opening
Taking a risk for the first time in my life to try to change my life
The morning comes, too late to change my mind
Thinking nothing could be worse than now
The hand comes in and takes a strong grip on me
My chance finally coming to make a better life
So bright in the new environment
A paper in front of me
The hand takes me down towards it
Moving my end around in a particular pattern
An amazing feeling like scratching an old itch
Taking a test the best I ever felt
Then the bell rings and the class is over
The hand dropping me on the ground
Laying there stunned by what happened
Hoping it might come and grab me
Then a sudden jerk under a counter with a kick
Never to be seen again
Now I am alone without any company
The happiness that I had always had is gone
But with a brand new experience that was the best of my life
Was it worth it
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