Hey.
You.
Yeah you.
Run.
Run fast.
As fast as you can.
Don't look behind you.
Things are chasing you.
Your darkest shadows,
Your scariest nightmares,
Your red-est fears and gray-est wishes
And those are the worst, aren't they, brother?
Those terrible, preying fears that chew like Violet Beauregard, those so-close fantasies and dreams that you know deep in your toes will never happen, are the worst, am I right, sister?
Can I get an amen?
Wrong answer.
Those aren't the worst.
Oh no.
There's something else after you.
Something so purple it's black-
But not quite- it hovers on the edge of twilight and THAT is the worst of all.
You see, my friends.
I am chasing you.
I've got a soul even demons avoid.
The boogeyman hides in his closet when
I'm in bed.
If I bite a vampire, they don't turn into me,
they just die.
I eat werewolves for breakfast,
dragons for lunch,
and the devil for dinner.
So run.
Run fast.
As fast as you can.
Because I will eat you alive.
I am strong.
I am mighty.
I am cunning.
I am fearless.
At least, that's what I tell myself.
shh
Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014 at 9:47 PM UTC
Hey.
You.
Yeah you.
Run.
Run fast.
As fast as you can.
Don't look behind you.
Things are chasing you.
Your darkest shadows,
Your scariest nightmares,
Your red-est fears and gray-est wishes
And those are the worst, aren't they, brother?
Those terrible, preying fears that chew like Violet Beauregard, those so-close fantasies and dreams that you know deep in your toes will never happen, are the worst, am I right, sister?
Can I get an amen?
Wrong answer.
Those aren't the worst.
Oh no.
There's something else after you.
Something so purple it's black-
But not quite- it hovers on the edge of twilight and THAT is the worst of all.
You see, my friends.
I am chasing you.
I've got a soul even demons avoid.
The boogeyman hides in his closet when
I'm in bed.
If I bite a vampire, they don't turn into me,
they just die.
I eat werewolves for breakfast,
dragons for lunch,
and the devil for dinner.
So run.
Run fast.
As fast as you can.
Because I will eat you alive.
I am strong.
I am mighty.
I am cunning.
I am fearless.
At least, that's what I tell myself.
shh
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