Sad day dawns
	Sad day gone
		Gone are the days
		    Gone from the way
		Way is lost
	Way too hard
			Hard to breathe
		Hard to give
Give a fuck
	Give it up
	   Up in the air
	 Up to you
You could not believe
	You can not cope
	    Cope with sadness
			Cope with pain
	Pain is life
		 Pain for death
		Death walks with me
		        Death Is near
		Near to hell
	Near to hope
	   Hope is hard
	     Hope for the unknown
	  Unknown is the future
		Unknown is me
			Me, I’m in pain
			Me, I am lost
		Lost in the weeds
Lost in my mind
	Mind your manners
	    Mind your feet
	  	Feet on the ledge
		   Feet from the edge
	     Edge of insanity
		 Edge of darkness
	Darkness is a blanket
	     Darkness turns to light
			Light in spirit
		Light the way
		          Way from here
	   	     Way to peace
	    Peace is a state of mind
		   	 Peace is love
		Love for oneself
		   Love is happiness
		Happiness is mercy
	Happiness is giving
Giving.
Mercy.

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Blitz poem is a fast-paced, 50-line poetic form created by Robert Keim that reads like a rapid stream of consciousness. The last word in the second line becomes the first word in the third line, the last word in the fourth line becomes the first in the fifth, and so on. Line 49 is the last word from line 48. Line 50 is the last word from line 47.

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