insidious...
the forces that bend us toward self-destruction

insidious...
the illusions that feed those malevolent forces

insidious...
the stories that construct those obscuring illusions

insidious...
the thoughts that metastasize into those deluding stories

insidious...
the mind that identifies with those detrimental thoughts

*innocent...*
the soul that succumbs

liam

Insidious

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Sammiewells

Brilliant! Love this.
Innocent The soul that succumbs. Says it all. Great write! :)

Xyns

Amazing. There are no words for this..its just perfect.

diane-1

This is genius, way to walk us through meta-cognition. Nice!

jennifer-weiss

removed.-yc8h

.....the Wound like a hole behind the face that entraps every particle of light....your words ring true.....you are a Seer.

joe-adomavicia

I enjoyed the format you chose for this poem. 
My two favorite stanzas are as following: 

"insidious...
the illusions that feed those malevolent forces

insidious...
the stories that construct those obscuring illusions"

Strong word choices that drew me in to the poem. Good Job!

sjr1000

rebecca-askew

Innocent... The soul that succumbs... Pretty much says it all!

removed.-ycod

Woo, this was amazing, I love how you began each stanza with just one word. The repetition of insidious was powerful. 

Have you ever seen the movie? It's so not creepy it's funny. :P

doesmynamereallymatter