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Zaira Christa Barakat
May 9
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Ambition and satisfaction

Two sides of the same coin,

No?

Ambition and satisfaction.

They intertwine like yin

And yang, killing you slowly

But loving you tenderly.

There is nothing to life

If there isn’t the aching pull of ambition.

Thorny vines reaching into your soul

Clawing at your heart

Slowly –

Ever so slowly –

While offering you roses

And kissing

Your bloody hands clean.

Ambition throttles you

With a necklace of barbed wire.

Whispering, achingly,

“The sky’s the limit”

While tightening its grip

Until you actually see stars.

Ambition and satisfaction

We always forget

About the second one.

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