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Some people are just doomed
and cannot be saved.
Their lives apparently groomed
for disaster and an early grave.
There is no joy in their lives,
no purpose to which they aspire.
There is little that survives
such a senseless, mocking fire.

Some people crave attention
that they never found at home.
Their lives filled with tension
fueling fears of being alone.
They drift into strange places,
and have few loyalties at all.
And you can see in their faces
the reasons for their fall.

There are many out there now
who will die just like the rest.
Providence will always allow
men such as I to attest.
To the self-inflicted trials
that lay them low in the end.
To mark down the denials
that no one could defend.