Each time I felt myself slipping away
Body and spirit beginning to separate
Affixed with a single transparent cord
World turned grey then faded to black
Numbness set in all pain surpassed
The closer I got to deaths waiting door
Elements taken as I was snatched back away
Shadow residuals that will always remain
Left to linger as I returned from the brink
Back to life
Forever changed
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