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They poisoned my heart.
They poisoned my heart.
They made me
betray my true love.
I dance for them
in court. I smile and curtsy, but it is all a lie. I am but a
marionette on strings. A mere toy for their amusement.
I want to die.
But I am the worst
sort of coward.
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They make me eat,
but the food sticks to sides of my throat and becomes a rock in my
stomach.
I don’t know who
I hate more. Them or me.
They tried to take
away my pride, making each day a new humiliation to endure. But what
they don’t realize, what they will never know is...that I don’t
care. What is humiliation when you have lost your reason to live?
There is nothing
more that they can do to me, for my heart is dying a slow black
death, and my worst fear is that when it does, I shall still live.
They cast my world
into eternal darkness with not even a glimmer of light for hope.
I hate them.
Goddamn vampires.
My name
is…Imogen
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Very evocative post and I definitely want to know more/read more. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYou definitely know how to capture the readers attention, that excerpt has me hook, line, and sinker, great job.
ReplyDeleteStriking post with a hook! I am not sure if it is prose or poetry. It works either way.
ReplyDeleteIt's more like a sad rant from the hopeless
DeleteIntense!
ReplyDeletewow, this could be so many things. how did her lover sell her out? is that why she's forced to perform. great addition to wewriwa.
ReplyDeleteVery visual. It's poetic prose. Nicely done! :)
ReplyDeleteVery intriguing opening. Full of emotion and poetry. I like it!
ReplyDeleteThis is a heartbreaking eight.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really intriguing, emotional opening.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, dark thoughts... Lots of emotion here. It is 'curtsy' that you mean, I think, not 'courtesy.'
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks for that! Nobody caught that! Nobody.
DeleteVery intriguing eight! Well done, Emma, in creating curiosity.
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