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Mar24

Vampires

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My momma told me

Vampires were real

So every night i would make sure the curtains

On the window above my bed covered the window completely,

Not a centimeter uncovered in case

A Vampire should choose to hover above me.

I would then crawl in bed

And get snug under the blankets

Placing my cross necklace on my neck over my nightie so any Vampire would be

Afraid to approach.

And I would stay still

And I would not breathe until exhaustion took over.

All those years I filled my head with the terror of make believe

When reality was worse.

Distraction.

Dec17

With Only A Sigh

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You cry out loud

And they all come running.

Instead

She stifles herself.

Covers her own mouth.

Maybe she is too proud.

It is all relative.

Life.

And what we perceive as disaster.

Our minds comprehending the thick and thin

From different angles.

Maybe she finds herself not good enough.

 Her worries

Less worthwhile.

She has held back so far,

The cry.

Thinking she would use it only

In her last effort

To hold the velvet curtains

Open.

But perhaps

She will slip

Into the

Silver twilight

With only a

Sigh.

Feb27

The Window

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I awoke with a loneliness in my gut.

My face

Damp with tears I must have cried

In a nightmare.

I turned to my side

And

Set my sight

On the light

Fighting to filter through those

Dusty,

Lifeless

Curtains covering my window.

And I knew

Come what may,

The only way

That soul healing light was ever going

To shine on me

Was if I got up and opened those

Curtains

Myself.