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Dancing with Shadows

May 16, 2016
By 11Faru PLATINUM, Middleburgh, New York
11Faru PLATINUM, Middleburgh, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"900 years of time and space, and I've never met anyone who wasn't important." - The Doctor [Doctor Who]


Anxiety, like a second shadow.
It’s constantly following, attached.
Dark and deceptive in the face of the sun.

Oft not seen, even by yourself.
Like a hallucination,
People don’t always believe it’s there.
Like a stalking predator,
You might not even realize it’s there.

Attacking, nagging, clawing.
As a voice in your head speaks secrets,
Secrets that should be shared.
Overthinking, overreacting,
Like a puppeteer, controlling your actions.

Anxiety, like everything and nothing at once.


The author's comments:

Poem inspired by the movie "Sylvia".


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