why are the honey-sweet webs

you spin without hesitation

so believable

are these lies truly plausible

or do i just wish

they’re the truth

Mother said

distance

makes the heart grow

fonder

of those we

love.

I now understand why I

miss you

so much.

I'm tired of you

screaming

bleeding

cheating

the world now calls my name.

I'll run

leap

soar

you can't hold me back

The impending black claws grasped my heart, encroaching on my neutral emotions. As the claws flung their sharp talons into my very soul, I shuddered, cold sweat running down my brow. I tried to rub some feeling into my clammy, numb hands, but moving brought a sweeping wind of darkness, and I was left paralyzed.

The man sauntered closer, his face smug. He had eyes like wildfire, crackling flames and screams of death leaving everlasting echoes in their wake. He is insane, death incarnate.

"I've been waiting for you, my dear."