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I am drifting black With a rotten promise of suppressed sorrows That each breath Each heartbeat Every footstep Delivers me closer to a beast The foul scent of eucalyptus hangs in the air Welcoming me to this filthy place Wind howling as I open the door A sickening reminder... As images echo, a monster lies in wait Hiding under a cloak of normal But, at the edge of that disguise there is a tiny thread I tugged it In the stale air, the disguise deteriorated Demolishing the monsters power over the innocent I saw the scars of lives destroyed littered across the face of a predator And I told...
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Oct 18, 2014
Oct 18, 2014 at 2:02 AM UTC
Monster
I am drifting black With a rotten promise of suppressed sorrows That each breath Each heartbeat Every footstep Delivers me closer to a beast The foul scent of eucalyptus hangs in the air Welcoming me to this filthy place Wind howling as I open the door A sickening reminder... As images echo, a monster lies in wait Hiding under a cloak of normal But, at the edge of that disguise there is a tiny thread I tugged it In the stale air, the disguise deteriorated Demolishing the monsters power over the innocent I saw the scars of lives destroyed littered across the face of a predator And I told...
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Oct 18, 2014
Oct 18, 2014 at 2:02 AM UTC
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