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this is where I die

February 14, 2020
By thenatrivet BRONZE, Attleboro, Massachusetts
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thenatrivet BRONZE, Attleboro, Massachusetts
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"Only fools are fearless." - Madeline L'Engle

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3 o'clock I heard a knock on my door

home alone, shaking, ready to die

this means war

no one invades this home of my-

 

-lights flash in my head

the feeling grows, a pulse of mighty proportion

my hands tremble, we never fled

the villain, I feel his contorsion-

 

-here I am, in the palm of his hand

crushed, what would it do to escape

now in the forbidden land

stuck, pushed together with adhesive tape

 

can't stay calm, not even a tad

I regret to inform you it was only my dad

© Dawn Grace R., Barrigada, Guam

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