Midnight

As I pace in endless circles

Tracing the continuum of what is, of what was

Each step, an indelible mark of unspoken words

I beg of you…

Implore you to leave my mind

Please go

Defiant in your refusal, full of arrogance

You want to live here, accompanied always

Wrapped in my thoughts, my secrets

No!

Your subversive intent to remain close

Tearing my heart from its innervation

Why, why must you do this?

Tears descend, following the soft crescent of my cheek

Carrying with them the reincarnated sum of my emotions

Restricted by circumstance

Even more so by fear

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