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Monsters In My Head

September 12, 2012
By AshleyWasInvisible PLATINUM, Chester, West Virginia
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"Everybody's beautiful to somebody" - Violet Rose

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I don’t have dreams
I have nightmares.
Afraid to sleep,
I lie awake
and stare at the ceiling
My tired mind reeling
Tangling all the thoughts
I’ve ever thought,
or ever feared
My dry eyes burn
but I can’t blink
I can’t move
I’m on the brink
Of losing my mind
I’m terrified
of the monsters in my head.
Ragged breaths escape
though I have long been dead
in the sense that I don’t live, can’t really live
with these monsters in my head.

© Jessica P., Bethel Park, PA

The author's comments:
This is about all of those sleepless nights when my mind makes mosters out of every little thing.
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