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Self-Loathing Slumber

by @pedrogarcia

Time once again for the mind’s late night talk show, and what better a time then under the moon’s late night chalk glow! The time for the mind to run rampant with fear, depression, paranoia, sorrow, ailing feelings coupled with thoughts quite unclear Run away little boy, from the shadow of a man, from the shadow of your desires, run away if you can Hide under the blanket, the pillow, or a smile. No comforts can save you from yourself, a toxic dream factory most vile Lose yourself in the light of your distracting mundane phone, it won’t stop the nightmares that plague you when alone Toss and turn as the poison seeps and your heart weeps, the discomfort is delightful as you squirm while the fog creeps Shrouded in the mist, paralyzed at the legs and tied down at the wrists, the romantic interlocking marks that a weak mind and horror kissed May your terrors come to life, and your heart fear the worst. May you flinch at every strife as your soul is now cursed. Once again the boogeyman comes to toy with your mettle, your courage being whittled down petal by petal When he gets to the stem, he shakes you at your core, instilling the mayhem until you can take no more Before you cried at the world because to the world you were small, now you are enveloped by dark where you are nothing at all Insignificant to the empty void of black, an abyss with no break, chip, or crack But why are you bent on the judgment of vacancy, why should nothing make you ashamed of complacency Why have you given up on challenging your fear, why would you rather be anywhere but here The nightmare isn’t the bloodied visages of the ghosts and the ghouls, nor is it the paranoia invading the minds of madness stricken fools Single out all the devil’s playthings and the mind’s erroneous states, add in the bad luck which binds all of our fates May I face all those dreadful barbarities in a convenient sum, for the weight of their abhorrence would fare better than living in the shadow of who I could become
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Written by
pedrogarcia
American
Published
Mar 25, 2017
Time
3m
Tags
#fear#depression#night#humanity#selfloathing
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