YOU HAUNT ME. A GHOST WANDERING IN MY MIND AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXORCISE YOU OUT. YOU HAVE A HOLD ON ME AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BREAK IT. HOW ARE YOU SO DEEPLY INGRAINED IN ME? ETCHED ON MY BONES, AND IN MY VEINS.
MY MIND BETRAYS ME. YOU TOUCH ME IN MY DREAMS AND I CAN'T ENDURE IT. YOU BURN ME WHERE YOU LOVE AND YOU HURT ME WHERE YOU CARE. DREAMS BECOME NIGHTMARES AND YOU'RE THE STAR. I WANT AND I ACHE BUT IT'S NOT REAL.
DO I HAUNT YOU? HAVE I LEFT A MARK ON YOU LIKE YOU'VE LEFT ON ME? ARE MY WORDS CARVED INTO YOUR BONES, AM I LIKE A POISON PULSING THROUGH YOUR VEINS? DO YOU DREAM OF TOUCHING ME LIKE YOU NEVER DID, AM I YOUR NIGHTMARE TOO?
I'M SO AFRAID OF LOVING AGAIN. LOVING YOU HURT, IT CONSUMED MY BEING WITH A NEED I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND. IT DESTROYED ME, PUT ME IN SCATTERED PIECES I COULDN'T FIND. I LOVE FIERCELY, VIOLENTLY. I WON'T SURVIVE ANOTHER WOUND.
I DESPERATELY HOPE THAT I LINGER IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. I CAN'T STAND THE THOUGHT THAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ME. THAT I'M STILL HURTING AND YOU'RE JUST FINE. I'M DROWNING AND YOU'VE LEARNED TO FLOAT. I'M JUST ANOTHER MEMORY, AND YOU STILL HAUNT ME.
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Wasteland Deity
PoetryA collection of poems, short stories, thoughts, etc. Trigger warning.
