I Wish I Could Not Be
Waking up hours before the person you lie next to
Thinking about how trapped you are in you
About how vile, putrid and disgusting
their claw-like touch will rape
your skin when they awake.
This is a place
I don't EVER want to be again
Again, from across the room
Spying every movement now
Every sound
All the while holding down
Your hateful bile.
That is a home
I don't want as my own
Being a man not a man
But a ghost and a shadow
Walking through walls
Through people
Through life
This is a man
I wish i could not be.
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