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Too Paralyzed To Run

Black silence wakes me up spooky feeling my heart beats eighty miles an hour who and where I am does not register hyper hearing kicking in fast heart fear noise sudden startles me outside door creaks too paralyzed to run I wait for it

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 12/17/2018 9:18:00 PM
That's one better than me; I freeze with foot in mid air and a tiny squeak erupts from my vocal chords...they can no longer voice words...not even normal scream.
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Date: 12/17/2018 4:57:00 PM
You summed up paralyzing fear very well here... great work!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/17/2018 5:32:00 PM
It is my first attempt at a triple tetractys!

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