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Another life
Another game
Changing as if a traffic light
Each one as insignificant as the last
You don't notice till it's your last
But you'll keep fighting
Losing each of your allies
One by one to the chopping block
Grief only better feeds them so be on with it
The scariest part isn't the permanent death
It's the feeling of slowly losing your control
Once so grand and prominent
Now a broken jar never to be repaired
Fighting against the hunger that now consumes
All while friends and foes grow hungrier
Prepare the tnt there's no time to spare
As the clock slowly ticks down
The more people battle
Hiding traps in places one would never expect
Threatening to dentate at a moments notice
Let the red winter begin
Each game is a new challenge
Refusal only makes it worst
Obey the watchers
They know best
Keep completing your tasks
And you'll be praised
Boogey kills are left and right
And suddenly your losing your husband to the ongoing war
It's just another trampled flower
Stop crying and keep fighting
Vulnerability is just another weak spot
Keep running
But you stop moving by will
Only acting on on half thought out plans
And suddenly the blood is on your hands
Your not the honorable man like the beginning
You killed him
Live with it
It doesn't matter that he killed your ally
It doesn't matter
It doesn't matter to the watchers
It doesn't matter how much you lose
It doesn't matter
They'll keep bringing you back again and again
Another twisted game
Fighting to survive
Just get one kill
Your all alone
With no way to leave
Your stuck with the rotting corpses
They rot more and more with each passing day
Serving as a reminder of how fast deceit takes over
The greed and pressure to win leaving even the most sure doubtful
Anyone would be crazed if forced to live in this sandbox
What hurts more is knowing most of your allies will forget once the season is over
They'll forget what they've come to done
Mistakes and betrayals
Smoke rising in the air
Only seven will remember
They'll fall into a state of grief
Never to be ended
Each game they'll hurt more and more of their beloved allies
Yet they'll also betray you
But these versions don't remember the cruel existence
They'll keep repeating the same old cycle of death and life
No memories of the past
The past where you were soul bound
The past where you were lovers
The past where you were family
The past where you were happy
Cause nothing matters in a game of life or death
Caring only gets you killed.