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There are things that haunt me Secrets define who I am I close the door and turn the lock Safety feels like sham Dangerous monsters lurk nearby Darkness all I see Loneliness and her sister Sorrow Dance perfect harmony The burden of reminiscence Punishment at which I excel Love affair gone wrong with life Scorned gives me constant hell The missing pieces of soul Like vanished footage erased Past the ****** aiming for assassination Of veil in which my emotions are encased The moon holds multiple mysteries Keeps promises telling zero lies Age old tale of cat and mouse The whispers of sad lullabies There are skeletons buried in the dirt Eyes have all but forgotten By random coincidences covered Under the surface are rotten Icarus flew too close to sun Descended into freezing space Brokeness and beauty of insanity Adorned fall with grace I seethe with envy for sky Winged creatures flapping to and fro In a moment of quiet reflection Wish I too could flee the snow I scribbled letters in stardust To tattoo upon brain Guaranteeing I not ever forget "Love is only masqueraded pain" A warning woven through blood Explanation for why I am colder Despite the layer of frost on my heart Old flames continue to smolder The brief flickering nostalgia Warms bones deeper than whiskey strong Melting into fond memories The present is where my attention belongs And I am snapped into reality Like broken rubber band Scrambling to gather footing Struggling to understand Why emotions like glass just shatter Under slightest pressure on skin More I try to solidify foundation Harder it shakes pillars within It's difficult these days to view the light Night amplifies anguish I feel Halls of my head are teeming with ghosts Each a scar that will never fully heal
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Oct 15, 2025
Oct 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM UTC
Haunted Halls
There are things that haunt me Secrets define who I am I close the door and turn the lock Safety feels like sham Dangerous monsters lurk nearby Darkness all I see Loneliness and her sister Sorrow Dance perfect harmony The burden of reminiscence Punishment at which I excel Love affair gone wrong with life Scorned gives me constant hell The missing pieces of soul Like vanished footage erased Past the ****** aiming for assassination Of veil in which my emotions are encased The moon holds multiple mysteries Keeps promises telling zero lies Age old tale of cat and mouse The whispers of sad lullabies There are skeletons buried in the dirt Eyes have all but forgotten By random coincidences covered Under the surface are rotten Icarus flew too close to sun Descended into freezing space Brokeness and beauty of insanity Adorned fall with grace I seethe with envy for sky Winged creatures flapping to and fro In a moment of quiet reflection Wish I too could flee the snow I scribbled letters in stardust To tattoo upon brain Guaranteeing I not ever forget "Love is only masqueraded pain" A warning woven through blood Explanation for why I am colder Despite the layer of frost on my heart Old flames continue to smolder The brief flickering nostalgia Warms bones deeper than whiskey strong Melting into fond memories The present is where my attention belongs And I am snapped into reality Like broken rubber band Scrambling to gather footing Struggling to understand Why emotions like glass just shatter Under slightest pressure on skin More I try to solidify foundation Harder it shakes pillars within It's difficult these days to view the light Night amplifies anguish I feel Halls of my head are teeming with ghosts Each a scar that will never fully heal
What's the number for Ghostbusters?
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AmandaKayBurke
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AmandaKayBurke
30/F/Alaska
Oct 15, 2025
Oct 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM UTC
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