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Control (Or rather, lack of)

All alone in a crowded room.

Eyes,

So many eyes,

Staring at me through the glass.

Isolating me

Until I exist solely in my own reality –

Alone,

With so many watching.

 

Poison,

An icy substance.

I cannot feel my fingers,

But I know they are still there.

I'm watching them twitch,

And for once we have something in common-

We're both watching me.

 

Vision blurring,

I no longer see clearly.

But I see your face,

Standing out amongst all the strangers.

You cannot stop staring.

 

Something's changed in me.

What have they done?

Oh God, what was in that vial?

Why did you passively stand by and watch?

Watch me –

I'm succumbing to the experiment.

 

 

My spine is breaking.

I do not feel it,

I am numb,

But my view has shifted.

Now I see the ceiling.

Tiles, shifting?

I can no longer name the colors.

Muscles tearing.

What shape is my body in now?

Can you tell me?

I know you know,

I feel your eyes watching me.

 

I'm screaming,

Though I cannot hear,

My eardrums popped long ago.

I'm bleeding,

I cannot figure out where.

I'm choking,

I'm suffocating.

So much blood.

How can you watch me die?

 

My last thoughts,

That I'm crazy.

My last thoughts,

That I'm out of control.

My last thoughts,

That you watched me

Lose

Control.

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Aug 21, 2012
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