Back To That

By celestine_moon

Terrible footsteps
Sound down the corridor
Just behind me
Getting closer

I feel you breathing
In the night
I know you can’t
Be far behind

Just when I think
It’s finally safe
You grab me from the shadows
And drag me away

I know it’s all over
Now that you have me
I can’t break away
My time’s nearly over

I gasp for air
As you strangle me
I claw at your face
But you’re just too strong

I shouldn’t have come here
Looking for friendship
Ready to forgive
I shouldn’t have come back

You hurt me once
Why would I think
That you would never
Do it again?

Now you have me once again
Tucked neatly under your control
As you stomp out the last
Of the life I made without you.

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Copyright 2003 celestine_moon
Published on Thursday, June 26, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • celestine_moon On Monday, June 30, 2003, celestine_moon (46)By person wrote:

    yes. he did this for three years, but i finally had the courage to break the cycle. thanks for your comments. -moon

  • maddin foxxxy On Saturday, June 28, 2003, maddin foxxxy (358)By person wrote:

    sounds like a never-ending chase he plays out on you leaving you with fear and loss at the same time...has happened to me...greatly captured!

  • Jonas On Thursday, June 26, 2003, Jonas (715)By person wrote:

    fast paced and fearful, i can feel hot tears and drops of blood on my face as i struggle, fruitlessly.....

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