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It's Behind Me

I Can't Move

By Samantha ShearerPublished 3 months ago 1 min read
Runner-Up in Don’t Turn Around Challenge

Its right behind me

My hair bristles

My blood runs cold and my heart catches in my throat

If I move it comes along

Stomping, deliberate.

If I run it feels like it will overcome me

If I stand still

I feel its rage build and build

Boiling Hot. Unstoppable.

Seething. Writhing.

On the edge of ripping me apart.

It has her voice

You are stupid

You are worthless

You shouldn't have been born

I hate you

You can't do anything right.

It wants to pounce.

I can't silence it.

I can only block it out for so long.

I can't face it.

Paralyzed and numb.

Terrified, every moment is agony

Waiting to be eaten alive

Decimated.

It's behind me

and there is no way out.

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Samantha Shearer

Just a bit of creep interested in writing about almost anything.

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    Written by Samantha Shearer