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I stare at an end I cannot quite See. I can almost touch it. Snaking souls rising into Ink stained night. Stars breaking through that sense of dread, Smothering. Heels. Clip clop down the halls, Walking from room, to room, Keeping Death, Alive. Pulling souls from the Sky. The world smells like rot. The living already on the edge of Decay. Maggots of pain crawling through flesh, Flies swarming around far gone Minds. They’re eyes gloss Over. I hear the clip clop of heels. That sounds so very like, Soldiers, riding into Death. Bullets ready to break Through. The night. Like stars. I can feel the bugs in my skin My eyes all glossy. She comes to take my hand And guides me into that dark night So that I may spot the sky With my… The world beeps as I fade into Oblivion. A cacophony, A harmony and melody of heels and monitors. The hells stop. I feel a warm hand So juxtaposed to mine. It yanks me back to bed. Out of the sky and back down to a Heaven cast in pain. A dance between death and Life A purgatory built on Lies That everything will be okay… I was always scared of heights. No one told me the true terrors existed far closer to Home… Birthed in a place Between de a d a n d A l i v e …
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May 26
May 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC
Hospital Heels
I stare at an end I cannot quite See. I can almost touch it. Snaking souls rising into Ink stained night. Stars breaking through that sense of dread, Smothering. Heels. Clip clop down the halls, Walking from room, to room, Keeping Death, Alive. Pulling souls from the Sky. The world smells like rot. The living already on the edge of Decay. Maggots of pain crawling through flesh, Flies swarming around far gone Minds. They’re eyes gloss Over. I hear the clip clop of heels. That sounds so very like, Soldiers, riding into Death. Bullets ready to break Through. The night. Like stars. I can feel the bugs in my skin My eyes all glossy. She comes to take my hand And guides me into that dark night So that I may spot the sky With my… The world beeps as I fade into Oblivion. A cacophony, A harmony and melody of heels and monitors. The hells stop. I feel a warm hand So juxtaposed to mine. It yanks me back to bed. Out of the sky and back down to a Heaven cast in pain. A dance between death and Life A purgatory built on Lies That everything will be okay… I was always scared of heights. No one told me the true terrors existed far closer to Home… Birthed in a place Between de a d a n d A l i v e …
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May 26
May 26, 2026 at 11:46 AM UTC
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