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The hands on her clock moves backward, sending her thoughts to the time of the terrible trauma Feelings of helplessness overwhelm her, and paralyzing fear begins to take hold, chaining her mind to a wall of perpetual emotional pain A prisoner of time ... suffering a mental relapse: an in-the-body experience of being raped all over again The clock stops at this moment of facing her deepest shame Always feeling somehow it was her fault for letting the beast who ravaged her get too close Questions roil in her mind, as she burns, trapped in the fire of frozen time Did she give an untoward smile, did she walk in a provocative style? Did she flirt inadvertently with her eyes, did she have tainted desires hidden inside, which this beast sensed somehow? And the ashes of guilt, she sprinkles over her deadened body, foreign flesh she now views with disdain as being unclean A prisoner of time ... searching frantically for the key to unchain her from this awful, recurring nightmarish reality The hands on his clock moves forward, sending his thoughts to the anticipated time of primal bliss Feelings of helplessness overwhelm him, and pulsing compulsion begins to take hold, his mind chained inside a cage of agonizing frustration A prisoner of time ... suffering a physical obsession: an out-of-body experience of being impotent all over again The clock stops at this moment of facing his deepest fear of inadequacy Always feeling somehow it was their fault for letting the beast be released by coming too close Answers bubble in his agitated mind, as he burns, trapped in the fire of frozen time Yes, she gave an inviting smile, walking in such a seductive style Willingly enticing him with her eyes, telling him, she too has forbidden desires hidden inside This beauty beckons him to free the beast inside now And the ashes of anger, he sprinkles over his deadened body, foreign flesh he now views with contempt as being unclean A prisoner of time ... never searching urgently for the key to unchain him from this dreadful, recurring nightmarish fantasy
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