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Sleeping With Demons

January 17, 2016
By Nated315 DIAMOND, Georgetown, New York
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Nated315 DIAMOND, Georgetown, New York
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Truth has many shades. It's not a matter of black and white, but many grays.

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I let my eyes close

As the long demons fingers

Peel my skin away.

 

I let the demons

Crawl into my raw flesh

And curdle my stagnant blood.

 

I deserve no more,

I deserve no less

For sleeping with my demons.

© Calvin C., Salt Lake City, UT

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