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Written on April 20th 2025 for Empress's Plagued by Memories contest.
Plagued by Memories
Like an albatross enfolded around my silencing throat,
squeezing ever tighter,
asphyxiating on sins not of my own.
A scarlet letter has been placed upon my weeping chest;
without hesitation, punishment has been handed down.
Rusted shackles placed around pleading ankles.
"I'm innocent," I whimper,
yet the hushed cries land on deaf ears.
Led to my provisional prison,
an iron-wrought door slams shut.
The glow of a makeshift torch illuminates the dirt floor.
As my eyes adjust, I see it's covered in blood and hay.
Suddenly, surges of panic course through me.
Collapsing to my knees, I vomit,
while tears of anguish slide down my cheeks.
Like an out-of-body experience,
I'm transported back to that fateful night—
his menacing presence looming in the shadows,
following footstep for footstep.
I run faster, no time to look back,
but I feel this is all for naught.
The more distance I try to put between us,
the more I feel his putrid breath on the back of my neck,
until he is on top of me.
My mind dizzies as I black out,
waking up as the rain descends upon me.
I'm back in my cold prison,
plagued by memories that are still unclear.
The gallows await me, for transgressions of a monster's doing.
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