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Monsters Don't Stare Back

June 22, 2014
By CourtneyLudwick GOLD, Yorktown, Texas
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One person in a dark room
Surrounded by their monsters
That beckon to them
With a silent hand

One person trapped
By their own thoughts
Collecting and rampaging
In their own mind

Light switches vanish
The senses become vaguely
Unfamiliar
No sights, they fade

Lost but confined
The person suffocates
From the emptiness
Caving in

Lights return
The person looks up to see
That the monsters they once
Thought to be

Are actually gone
Or at least out of sight

In the corner of the room
Stands a lone mirror
The person looks in and a face
Stares back

© Alice Y., Basking Ridge, NJ

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CourtneyLudwick GOLD said...
on Jul. 26 2014 at 11:26 pm
CourtneyLudwick GOLD, Yorktown, Texas
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Thankyou, I appreciate it!
CourtneyLudwick GOLD said...
on Jul. 26 2014 at 11:25 pm
CourtneyLudwick GOLD, Yorktown, Texas
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Thanks so much!
KylieK GOLD said...
on Jul. 26 2014 at 12:49 pm
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I LOVE this!
Bella13 SILVER said...
on Jun. 29 2014 at 7:15 pm
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Wow! This is really good. It makes me think about those dark nights when I think too much.