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[_phenobarbidoll]

remember when it was all
so simple? when the biggest fears
were equated with darkness
and monsters in our closets?
well, the shadows are more fierce
than we had ever comprehended,
and my mind cannot fit around this
trouble; my throat cannot swallow it down.
i'm suffocating on the doubt,
but i will keep quiet; wrestle my demons.
bite my tongue, smile blindly, and
concentrate on the silent sting
of metal and uncertainty.