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Horror

I am terrified

Of the demons camped out in my mind

I did not welcome them

None of us do

But out of a ****** up gene pool and a thunderstorm of circumstance they emerge

Ugly horrible creatures

Now you're saying I'm crazy

I sure as **** am

We're all ******* crazy

We're mad

We're Ginsberg's Roman candles shooting violently across the sky

That's not fair

(Though life hardly is)

Perhaps it's not just us

Perhaps it's these demons

Demons so keen on gardening and planting seeds in our heads

Seeds of emotion

Of self-doubt

of love

of laziness and disappointment

Seeds that sprout and consume

Winding and twisting

allowing such little light

Of course we have the power

We have the shears

We can cut the vines

But do we have the strength?

Do I?

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isabeleve
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Dec 27, 2013
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