My messed up sactuary


from the ABC set Confessions of the dead

The hard wall caresses
the back of my head,
my shoulder blades pressed
right up against it,
the room so cold I can see my breath
a whispy mist in the air,
this is where I come
to be swallowed by despair,
to be eaten by hate
and abused by pain,
this room is my sanctuary
my place of peace,
where I can be away
from the world,
where I don't have to obey
the rules of life's game,
I will never be the same.

Because I’m dead.

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