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I'm kept a hostage, in my mind's prison, tied to a thousand thoughts and worry, my legs are chained to a heavy bed where the sheets are covering and my knees are weary. Not breathing, unable to see light, unable to feel my toes, my blood is freezing, and so is my heart.
~ 74 ~
It's 4 AM.
Everyone's asleep. All life is now at rest.
There's only me, facing the ceiling, thinking of one hundred reasons to stay awake.
To watch, to observe the nightglow, to listen to the fugitive whispers, those that nocturnal winds send to the rightful ones, those who will carry around the cosmic messages and keep secret the mysteries of the hidden, of the unseen.
But I'm not alone.
There's something moving, towards me.
~ 75 ~
There's something, touching me, playing with my hair, hugging me.
A warm presence.
“Who are you?” I said, with a trembling tone, “and what do you seek from
visiting me?”
“I'm nothing but a restless soul,” my voice echoed, in a more confident tone, “a chaotic mind that thinks of death in a moment then thrive for life in the next!”
I'm messed up, I'm one of the lost cases that no one ever notices.
No one ever succeeded at piercing through the veil I put on my insides.
No one ever could look through my cold eyes and see my soul, burning in flames, shouting, screaming for help.
~ 76 ~
"What help?" The creature finally asked.
“Of those who see but are never seen,” the voice replied again.
“Of those like you, shadows, who haunt my nights and steal away my dreams.
Of those in the corners, watching every step the living take.
Counting seconds before death strikes”.
~ 77 ~
Thank you, readers, for getting along with my crumbled thoughts and messy words.
For listening to my inner shouts and feeling my little scars.
Thank you for your time, thank you for your patience.
H.D
~ 78 ~
About the author 4
My Dear Old Friend the Moon 6
Look in the Mirror 9
*** 12
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Don’t Scar this Young Heart 15
Your Soul 20
The Biggest Challenge 21
That Urge… 23
The Night They Came for My Demons… 27
Maybe… 37
Writer, be My Savior 38
Guardian of the Galaxy 41
Haunter 44
Lili 47