16 August 2015

nightmares

vocal cords 
paralyzed, woke up 
soundlessly screaming

throat raw, 

burning; your ghost 
shredding my sleep still

you were only reading

in an empty house you used 
to visit, a house I once lived in

and yet I woke up
silently screaming, the 
sight of you unbearable still

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