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You Terrify Me

A Poem

By Atomic HistorianPublished 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
Top Story - September 2023
You Terrify Me
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You terrify me

Because from the moment we met

I knew

We had met before

In a waking dream

A dream I sought to ignore

Something long ago

I decided was imagined

Because it didn’t happen that way

But then the day came

And she said something would be new

And I didn’t want it to be true

I laughed it off

Ignored it

And then it all came

Crashing down

Locked in the storm with you

I had

Still have no idea

What to do

When I’m near you

Was it prophecy

Wishful thinking

Just an inkling

A sinking feeling

It was coming

Like the hum of distant drumming

A freight train of predestination

Or an invocation of my will?

Who knows

Be careful what you ask the universe for

You may just get it

And regret it

Feelings of selfishness

Muddied visions

Of futures past

Will this last?

Am I baiting chaos?

Or just fading into the fated twilight

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