The door remains shut,
locked from my reach.
I try to find the key,
but it's nowhere in this vast sea of nothingess.
My hope dies.
I cry.
As it grows dark,
I lay down to sleep.
Before my eyes fail to close,
in that glimmer of unawareness.
The Key is there.
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