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Life is scary. You know?

Not the kind of scary you get from horror movies or a haunted house.
Not the kind of scary like when you think you forgot your keys locked in the car.
Not the kind of scary like when you think one of your friends finally decided to leave this world for good.
Not the kind of scary that is sharp needle point followed by the release of realization.

No.
Life is not that kind of scary.

It's the kind of scary that follows you closely.
It's the kind of scary that shakes you awake at night just to let you stare back at its void.
It's the kind of scary that sits on your shoulder and taunts you for every waking second that it can take you when it pleases.
It's the kind of scary that pulls your blood from your arteries.
It's the kind of scary that revels in the sight of your tears.

It's the kind of scary that lingers, persists, torments, and never, ever leaves.
  Jan 2016 Kelsi Ann michalek
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if you can't sleep,
            then you cant dream.
                             if you cant dream,
                                      then what's life mean?
bullet
eyes wide
cold skin
messy hair
wrapped in a blanket

tired body
glass of gin
a good book
no light
no help
no one to talk to
  Jan 2016 Kelsi Ann michalek
Emmy
I am the sun
and you
are the moon:
my tidal-wave
tears
are controlled
by you

So when it’s 2am
in the middle of the night,
I know why
I can’t
sleep tight.
  Jan 2016 Kelsi Ann michalek
Mikaila
I'm in love with you and I'm so ****** about it. Because I want to scream at you but not as much as I want to kiss you.
And it keeps me up all ******* night.
I sing to the moon
Hoping that you hear me
Like a wolf without a pack
You invade my thoughts
Live in my dreams
So I'm cracked up on caffeine
Trying not to sleep
Since I can't stand to see you, unless its real.
You're my insomnia
*Keeping me awake at night
I hope she reads these. Even if it's irrelevant.
She told him she wanted to be more than friends.
But in the end all they became
Was enemies.
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