Clutches

Clutches
Kiara Lebel

I see the battlefields in your eyes
The fights lost
Engraved in your skin I see a message
I feel the sorrow in your trembling lips against mine
And as I seek for security in you there is a man I seem to come across

There is a man 7 foot, with hands big as bears
Hidden in the shadows deep within your soul
There is a man with such clutches that raise the bars only to frighten you
There is a man that only ones eyes can see, and they are not yours

And I ask myself
Why can only ones eyes see this man?
Why me?
For this is not my soul and this is not my skin
But when I stare into your eyes I fall deeper inside than you express

Who is this man?
This is not an angel I see, because when I look into his eyes he drains the life out of me
So I ask you
What is it that you’re going through?

Because when I continue to stare I see you crying inside, and this man is holding you by the hair
Run, run away from his clutches
Confide in the spirits of forgiveness and forgive yourself
You know that he is killing you softly

Grab my hand as I look into your eyes and stare into my soul
Do you dare to see such an evil man?
I believe you do not because I have defeated him

He attempted to drown me in the sorrows of his own words
Screaming at me
END IT ALL! LET IT GO!

STOP! STOP! I screamed so loud I scared myself
I scared him away
And I slept, I slept days in resentment
And when I awoke the demon was gone
I was saved, so save yourself
Before it is too late
He wants you to fear him
But he is nothing to fear

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