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...hadows creep enclosing reason, swamp me like ectoplasmic treason

My eyes are closed but they hold season the phantoms running in my mind

I chant a mantra of silent soothing feeling their thoughts so disapproving

They take their comfort from my dismay and thrive on any overt display

Of dread and fear from humankind.

Then all at once the vision's fading leaving me with an all-pervading

sense that my mind was just persuading my heart to accept this state of fear

Yet deep within me are words unspoken leaving me dead inside and broken

Never again will my heart flutter no other words again to utter

Passive and mute till death draws near.

Refuge and Protection

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Bruno Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe and written with "The Raven" in mind. If your a fan please have a stab at it!

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