Swallowing Stones
By: Ariane_Granville@operamail.com


Swallowing stones.
Shame. Fear. Hurt.
Rising like bile in my throat.
Tears threaten to betray.
Silence closes in,
Every decision, every step,
Governed by terror --
Made real...dreams for some.
Life for me.
Walking with death,
Waking in darkness.

Doomed
      to speculate,
      to witness,
      to know.
Forbidden
      to tell;
Dying
      to show.

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