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Howls from within

Blood rushing like wild crazed dogs to the surface of my skin. Placing a crimson attitude onto my face, and a trembling hurricane to my voice. The oxygen runs thin from my atmosphere, is this real, or is this outer space? Canines of the blackest exposure make their way from my head, down my spine, through my extremities, to my feet. Crushing eyes from around push me outwards until I can no longer see what I'm running from. Screeching, mocking barks echo from within as prey is made of my insides. Beneath the supernovas of happiness past alone I await for the chimes of twelve. I feel the hounds push against my skin once more, they have not been fed for a while now. The time has arrived and yet my sanity still has not; shadows surround me and make it hard to breathe. Laughter of hyenas, cries of bloodhounds, howls of wolves, all disturb what is left of me right to the core. Colourblind, yet with an eyesight set on the brightest hue of fire, mongrels of most devilish influence impatiently scratch and claw. Opening their kennels they climb over each other in a frenzy down the road of scarlet. Red sky at night, shepherd's delight? Well then, red sky in the morning is a sign that the herding dogs from Hell shall give no warning.
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aphotic
Published
Sep 27, 2014
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#depression#anxiety#blood#dogs#hallucinations#socialphobia
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