Deception

The floor rattled as deception creeped

through the walls of our home.

More aggressive than the day before.

It sung a song of despair each night,

ever so muffled by the solid oak.

Fear, Anger, Pain

All the reasons I turned the unknown away.

Yet was it the beast or myself to which I was fleeting?

As the rain flooded each dream and lightning struck my future

I confronted this demon.

However, it was no monster at all.

Instead standing before me was my reflection,

far more broken than I had yet become and a bit older.

When confronted with what brought her to this depth she replied:

“You saved the vessel, not the crew. You worried about them and not about you.”

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