I See Things That Scare Me
I do not know it's proper name. To me it is darkness without a face. Faceless death. I have been able to see it for years. A darker than black towering figure shaped vaguely human. No visible limbs,a head, a silhouette. Tall, very tall to where it has to hunch over to stand in my room. It stands and it stays there. There is no face but I know it watches me. I feel it. The longer I stare back the shadow grows and spreads across the ceiling. I cannot stare anymore my eyes burn and when I close them just a second the darkness shrinks away. It always comes back. If I was able to stare at it until the whole room is engulfed. I wish I could to see where I go.
In the early hours of the morning where there is still darkness I saw it again. I head out the door to leave the house. I turn to lock the door and I see it. Against the wall it waits and watches me as I leave.
How I feel when I see it? It is strange. There is always a feeling of fear but there is curiosity. What are you?
Sometimes I wonder if it is trying to live inside me. I swear looking into a mirror I can briefly catch a glimpse of something that looks like me but isn't. Everything is harsher, sharper, angrier, features darkened by shadows. Almost eyeless. It's me but it isn't me.
I don't know if I'm just letting my mind get the best of me or what is happening.
In the early hours of the morning where there is still darkness I saw it again. I head out the door to leave the house. I turn to lock the door and I see it. Against the wall it waits and watches me as I leave.
How I feel when I see it? It is strange. There is always a feeling of fear but there is curiosity. What are you?
Sometimes I wonder if it is trying to live inside me. I swear looking into a mirror I can briefly catch a glimpse of something that looks like me but isn't. Everything is harsher, sharper, angrier, features darkened by shadows. Almost eyeless. It's me but it isn't me.
I don't know if I'm just letting my mind get the best of me or what is happening.
