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Rises The Moon by Liana Flores

Days seem sometimes as if they'll never end
Sun digs its heels to taunt you
But after sunlit days, one (1)__________ stays the same
Rises the moon
Days fade (2)________ a (3)______________________ blur
Memories swim and haunt you
But (4)________ (5)________ the lake, (6)____________________ (7)________ smoke
Rises the moon
Oh-oh, close (8)________ (9)__________ eyes
I promise you (10)________ (11)________ the (12)____________ comes
To darken fading summer skies
Breathe, breathe, breathe
Days (13)________ you down (14)________ like a sinking ship
Floating is getting harder
But (15)__________ the water, child, and (16)________ that meanwhile
Rises the moon
Days pull you up just like a daffodil
Uprooted from its garden
They'll (17)________ you what you owe, but know (18)________ so
Rises the moon
You'll be visited by sleep
I (19)______________ you that soon the autumn comes
To steal (20)________ (21)________ (22)__________ you keep
Breathe, breathe, breathe
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