I started with the intent to write just the five lines required for the contest, but the piece just kept expanding. So, I entered the last stanza.

Here's the piece in its entirety.

Needing
Wanting
Longing for a glance
Absorbed into your shadow
I cease to exist

Chaos
Disorder
Lost in the shuffle
I have no life of my own
Forgotten by love

Broken
Cracked
No way to repair
Gone before my time is up
My soul dark and gray

Goodbye
Farewell
To my broken heart
To the one I used to be
A new me shall rise

No tears
No fears
Caged and frozen heart
Fueled by the fires of Hell
I will come for you

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