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Eyes tightly shut, I count to a safe number and turn the switch On Off On Off On On? On is where my demons lie, where the obsessive counting , swallowing and numbers clutch at me. Where I see darkness even when my eyes are open, where being awake is no consolation. All my scars are exposed, my anxiety evaluated and my fear is exposed. Off? I'm no longer me. The material is ironed out, I fluctuate and bend. I am false. I make sounds which are not my own, forget myself. I forget to clutch at you. You're amongst my demons, often you are my demons. And there lie my choices, if choice even exists at all.
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Jun 8, 2013
Jun 8, 2013 at 2:17 PM UTC
Decision
Eyes tightly shut, I count to a safe number and turn the switch On Off On Off On On? On is where my demons lie, where the obsessive counting , swallowing and numbers clutch at me. Where I see darkness even when my eyes are open, where being awake is no consolation. All my scars are exposed, my anxiety evaluated and my fear is exposed. Off? I'm no longer me. The material is ironed out, I fluctuate and bend. I am false. I make sounds which are not my own, forget myself. I forget to clutch at you. You're amongst my demons, often you are my demons. And there lie my choices, if choice even exists at all.
ella-maria
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Jun 8, 2013
Jun 8, 2013 at 2:17 PM UTC
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