within. [2013.]

it started as a faint whisper a subtle scratching at the door a clawing at your insides the sound echoed through your hollow bones the vibration hurdled through your veins and your emaciated soul absorbed the disturbance red hues overtook your pale skin the blood percolated through your pores a loss caused by the monster within convulsing in a pool of your own plasma your breath comes in jagged gasps and your body consumes itself the creature resides behind the door self-destruction is the lock

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