Stuck

by | May 31, 2024 | Poetry

I wake up
Helpless
Trapped inside my body
Screaming for help

I feel what seems to be the sharpest claws on my back
But I know I’m the only one in the room
I can hear my brother’s music blast
Piercing my ears

I closed my eyes as tight as I could
Forcing myself to go back to sleep
As I’m doing so
I hear my name being called

But not by a man nor a woman
But by a thing

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