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Plagued by Memories

The night stood, 
veiled like a nun.
     Wherever she looked,
         She saw a hooded assassin,
staring at her with eyes like fireballs.
     

Leaving aside 
the unfinished works,
she curled into bed, tired.

Thoughts once dead,
         of that fearful night
           like spirits, from another world
                 came
                          to haunt 
                              her once again.
 
They threatened to lacerate her,
      in the stillness of the night. 
Gagged by those ferocious demons,
of fear, 
she choked
     for breath.
Chained and handcuffed,
       she couldn’t move.
Should she drink to the lees,
  the dregs
 of the bitter potion
            once again?

She couldn’t wink an eye.
    
Like serpents

 u
  n 
     c
  o
 i
    l
      i
    n
  g, 

fears came.

If she slept, they would strike.
    So, she kept staring,  
into the awful
 darkness, wide eyed!


Copyright © Valsa George

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