A chapter finally comes to an end,
It’s either time to transcend,
Or be condemned at the end of it all.
It’s up to you decide if you want to stand tall,
Or fall to the ground.
Only you can decide if you want be found,
Or not around anymore.
There are too many hard choices to explore,
You cannot ignore them in any way,
Nor can you run away,
Today a decision must be made,
Hopefully you’re not afraid,
Of the end of a chapter.
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The orange sun is shining bright in a dark world,
It’s strange to see such a thing,
Where is the moon?
Why is the orange sun front and center right now?
The heat is becoming unbearable,
There’s no reason for it to feel like summer,
I need the coolness of the night,
The soft touch of the moon,
The sun has no business in this dark world.
Why must it torment me now?
I’ve suffered too much,
I’m sweating too much,
I’m losing too much,
This world is too much for me.
I find myself in an unfamiliar city,
I ran to the city,
But maybe I should’ve just settled for the small house,
Maybe the four yellow walls could’ve protected me more,
Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered,
Maybe my fate is already sealed,
Maybe there’s just no way to avoid death itself.
I can’t run anymore,
I’m staggering and trying to stay on my feet,
But it’s impossible,
I fall down in front of an interesting building,
It’s a black cathedral,
It’s so familiar to me,
Yet unfamiliar in this dark world.
The orange sun continues to beat down on me,
While the night does nothing to stop the beating,
I’m powerless to do anything,
I’m ready for death to take me now,
The black cathedral’s bells begin to toll.
My time in this world will come to an end soon,
I just need her to seal my fate.
I hear her footsteps coming towards me,
She’s ready to end this horrific dream,
Maybe I can wake up to a better reality,
Or maybe another nightmare is in store for me,
But I’m glad I know that this is a dream,
That I struggle to escape from,
I hope this is the end,
I hope the loop of this dream is over,
I can’t take the terror and horror anymore,
I just want to wake up from this dream,
I need her to free me from this dream,
Once and for all,
Everything turns black.
I find myself lost in a forest,
I’m wearing some red sunglasses,
It’s weird seeing such a red world,
I think about taking off the red sunglasses,
But I stop myself for some reason,
And look around my environment,
But I quickly hear a storm is brewing,
It makes sense,
Light is nowhere in sight,
Thunder is getting ready to rumble loud and proud,
Letting its voice be heard,
My heart starts beating faster,
Because I’m in such a dark world,
And I can only see red around me.
Why am I wearing these red sunglasses?
Why am I lost in a forest?
I need to get out of here,
And I need to remember why I’m here.
I start wandering through the forest,
I’m walking for what feels like hours
And I’m trying to find something,
But I don’t even know what I’m searching for,
I’m lost and afraid,
The night begins to blanket the forest,
Total darkness is all around me,
But all I see is a red world.
Rain starts falling from the sky,
I need find shelter as soon as possible,
Something tells me it’s dangerous to be in this forest,
An evil is lurking in this forest,
Waiting to devour me,
Waiting to take me out,
Waiting for me in this dark world.
All of sudden,
Salvation is in front of me,
I find myself in front of a small house,
I see no door,
It looks like it only has one room,
But it has a small window,
Maybe I can get through the small window,
Maybe this is an opportunity to save myself,
And hide myself from this dark forest.
At least until the morning comes along.
Before I can do anything,
Someone comes behind me,
And stabs me on my right side,
It hurts so much,
I turn around to see who stabbed,
My heart drops when I see it’s her.
She’s the dark figure I was running away from,
She’s the reason I’m here now,
I’m struggling to move,
And she takes the red sunglasses off of me,
And stabs me again on my right side.
She smiles in delight of my pain,
And I immediately start running away from her,
But she’s not chasing me,
She’s watching me run away in fear,
She’s watching me lose so much blood,
She’s watching me die.
I put some distance between me and her,
And I get closer to the small house,
But then I notice there’s a whole city behind the house
Maybe I should keep running,
Instead of running to the small house,
But I don’t think I can make it to the city,
It’s getting harder to run and breathe,
And I just need a place to rest,
In this dark forest.
I make it to the small house,
And rush towards the small window,
It’s the only way for me to enter the house,
I look inside the house through the window,
And I see for yellow walls,
And nothing else,
I turn back around,
And see her slowly coming my way
I have to break the window,
I have to get inside for safety,
I start banging on the window,
Trying desperately to break the glass,
I’m trying not to think about the blood,
Trickling down my body,
But I can’t stop banging the window,
I have to break the glass,
This is my only opportunity to find salvation.
She’s getting closer and closer to me,
And I’m so close to breaking the glass,
I can already feel my body ready to give up,
But I still muster up the strength to keep going,
And break the glass,
I jump into the open window,
And fall to the ground,
So glad to see four yellow walls around me,
Surrounding me,
Protecting me from her and the dark forest,
Everything turns black.
I can’t believe I’m in a better place now,
I never thought I would make it to this point,
This can’t be real,
How did I make it here?
How did I endure so much?
I still don’t know,
I think I’m dreaming
And living a terrible nightmare.
How long can I enjoy this dream?
How long will I be here,
Before I have to go back?
I fear this dream will not last long,
And I will soon wake up to a harsh reality,
But I can’t deny that I’m experiencing a beautiful dream,
Full of happiness and peace at last,
I’ve been waiting patiently for this dream,
I’ll try my best not to worry so much,
I’ll try my best to enjoy this dream.
Today is just hard for me,
I hope I’m doing alright,
I hope this is just a rare day,
That is just all too familiar for me.
I hope I’m doing everything right,
I wish I could know for sure,
I hate having doubt,
I hate that I can’t believe in myself.
Will I always hate myself?
Why can’t I love myself?
Why is it a struggle to stay positive?
I guess if it was easy,
Everyone could do it.
I’m trying to do my best,
I’m trying not to worry so much,
But I can’t help it.
Worry creeps in my mind,
Doubt keeps me up at night,
Fear sleeps with me every night.
I thought I was doing better,
I thought I was over days like this one,
Today is not a good day for me,
Today I’m feeling like the old me,
Today I’m realizing a hard truth,
Today I’m having a hard day.
Every time I’m progressing,
I find that I want to revert back to you.
You’re comfortable,
You’re easy,
You’re a sweet relief,
But then I remember how toxic you are for me.
You’re a distraction for me,
You have no purpose in my life now,
You’re just a reminder that I’m weak.
It’s sad that I don’t have the will power to completely let you go.
Oddly enough,
I depend on you,
I count on you when I’m tired,
I count on you as a backup option,
I count on you when I’m afraid of what’s in front of me.
I can’t keep doing that.
I have to let go of my dependence on you,
But I can’t do it just yet.
For now,
I just try my best to resist you every day.
Maybe one day you’ll no longer be on my mind.
I haven’t been hearing your voice or whispers lately.
Have you left or escaped me?
I crawl and check my closet every single day,
And every single day I see your lifeless body.
You have not gone anywhere.
You’re still in my closet.
Why then can I not hear your voice or whispers in my closet?
Why is it just another quiet night?
Why do I constantly think about the blood on the wall?
I have so many questions,
But no one can answer them for me.
Maybe I shouldn’t be thinking about such questions,
I don’t have the time to do such a thing.
I’m dying right now,
And I have no interest in surviving.
There’s just no point in living anymore,
Now that you two are gone.
My vision is slowly blurring,
Breathing has become such a tedious exercise.
My blood is rapidly leaving my body,
Never to return to me.
The pain in my arms is everlasting,
Death is now here for me,
Waiting patiently to take me away from this dark, cruel place.
Tonight is the night that I die,
But before I let death take me away,
I need to see you one last time.
I need to make sure you suffered.
I need to ensure my revenge is complete.
I need to believe you’re gone for good.
For one last time,
I crawl over to my closet,
And open the door.
I see your lifeless body,
And I see his soulless body as well.
I weakly push him out the way and embrace you.
I can’t hold on to you very long.
I don’t feel anything from you anymore,
You’re no longer in this world.
You’re gone for good,
And now I can finally die.
And end this terrible nightmare.
Suddenly, I can’t feel anything.
Darkness is all around me,
I’m no longer trying to breathe,
I no longer have control over my body.
Death has me in its hold.
But most importantly,
There are no more voices.
Just silence.
I’ve been hearing whispers in my closet lately,
I especially hear them late at night.
The whispers are so loud and apparent,
It’s hard to really get any sleep.
I just listen to the whispers all night long,
Since it’s impossible to ignore them.
I moved you both in my closet
Because I realized that I can’t leave you both just lying around,
Bloody and dead on the floor.
You both needed to be put somewhere safe,
I was thinking about burying you both,
But I’ve lost too much blood,
And I’m close to dying I think,
I don’t have the strength or energy to bury you both,
So putting you both in my closet was the best that I could do.
I was surprised that you were alive for so long,
While he just died right away.
I never really liked him,
And I honestly enjoyed killing and stabbing him multiple times,
But I’ll admit that it was hard killing you.
I cried when I was stabbing you,
And I just couldn’t kill you right away like I did to him.
I had to keep you alive
And give you a fighting chance.
I remember you struggling to breathe,
And trying your best to crawl and move around,
In your pool of blood,
But there was nothing more you could do,
Your body was useless thanks to me.
For a few days,
You were barely able to move,
I watched as you coughed up blood,
And struggled to breathe.
It looked like you were just in so much pain,
And there was nothing you could do to save your own life,
Instead you were just whispering.
You were whispering a lot,
When you were dying,
And I never knew what you were whispering.
Maybe they were whispers of regret,
Maybe they were whispers of hatred for me,
Maybe they were whispers of a dream,
There could have been so many things you whispered,
But I’ll never know,
And I’ll never be able to escape your whispers
Because they will always be in my closet.
This is the end of “Whispers in My Closet,” the third poem of the Night Terrors poetry series.
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“No More Voices” will be the next poem of the Night Terror series that will be posted next Saturday.
Jaden and Marvin find themselves trapped behind a dumpster in an alley, and they’re not sure what to do. The guy that Jaden recognized as his classmate starts walking into the alley more. Jaden and Marvin can hear his footsteps getting closer and closer to them. Marvin looks under the dumpster, and he can see the guy’s shadow getting closer to them. Jaden starts shaking and trying his best to control his breathing. Then, they hear more footsteps approaching.
The shadow figure that was drawing near Jaden and Marvin stops in his place. He’s begging and pleading for his life to be spared.
“P-p-p-please, p-p-please, please leave me alone. I-I-I-I I’ll give you my wallet,” the guy stutters.
Jaden and Marvin hear the guy crying and pleading for his life to be spared. Jaden wants to do something, but Marvin stops him.
Jaden whispers, “We have to do something. We can’t just let my classmate get hurt and beat up like this. I can’t listen to this”
“We don’t know what’s going on or how many people are trying to hurt him right now. We need to be quiet and protect ourselves first,” Marvin whispers back to Jaden.
Suddenly, something hits the dumpster that startles Jaden and Marvin. Then, they hear something hit the ground. They both decide to look underneath the dumpster and see Jaden’s classmate’s body on the ground. Jaden’s eyes meet his classmate’s eyes, and his classmate is reaching to him for help. He’s begging and hoping Jaden will help him out of this frightening, horrific situation. Jaden does not know what to do, but he does not have time to do anything.
Pocket knives are stabbing Jaden’s classmate’s body. The stabbing is loud, true and unbearable. Blood starts creeping and slowly moving closer to Jaden and Marvin. So much blood is being lost now. Jaden is close to throwing up, while Marvin is in shock with what he is witnessing. Yet, Jaden’s classmate still reaches for him. Despite the suffering and pain he’s enduring, he still reaches out to him. Jaden still watches in horror. Marvin and Jaden hear laughter from the attackers for this is simply a fun, sick, thrilling game that they never want to stop playing.
“We have to do something, Marvin. I can’t keep watching and not doing anything about it. This is sick and wrong, we have to put in an end to it. I’m calling the cops,” Jaden whispers.
Jaden reaches for his phone, but Marvin quickly stops him. Then, he whispers, “We can’t do anything right now. It’s too late. Even if we did call the cops, they would get away and we would be the ones in trouble somehow.”
“You don’t know that, we have to do something. They’re murdering a guy right in front of us.”
“I know, but we gotta think about ourselves right now. The best thing we can do right now is stay hidden and be quiet, Jaden.”
“I can’t just be quiet, I have to do something. Do you not see a guy being stabbed over and over again? Do you not care at all?”
“Of course I care. But what are we going to do about it? Join him and die with him because it’s the right thing to do? No, I don’t know this dude and neither do you. He’s just a shadow in your class, but if you want to die with him too. Be my guest.”
The stabbing comes to an abrupt stop. Marvin and Jaden kneel down again and see Jaden’s classmate’s body lifeless on the floor. Then, they hear footsteps walking away from the alley. They wait a few minutes before doing anything at all. Marvin eventually gets up and takes a quick peek to make sure nobody else is around. Marvin sees that no one else is around and assures Jaden that the coast is clear.
They get out from behind the dumpster and find themselves stepping in a pool of blood. Jaden sees his classmate’s body with multiple stab wounds and almost throws up. Marvin tells Jaden that they need to hurry up and get out of here.
Jaden replies, “No, we need to call him an ambulance and—
“You’re still trying to save this dude! We don’t have time for all that. We need to get out of here and get back home where it’s safe,” Marvin interrupts.
“What are you talking about, Marvin? He needs medical attention, we have to do something.”
“Bro, we need to leave! If somebody sees us right now, we’re going to be in some deep and serious trouble.”
“We didn’t though, and we can prove it to them. We can just explain that we—
“What did we do exactly, Jaden? Oh yeah, we watched a person literally get murdered and did nothing about it. We’re technically accomplices to murder, I think,” Marvin interrupts and yells.
Jaden does not know what to say, then Marvin continues, “Plus, we don’t even know where his attackers are or anything at all. They could still be in the city. They could be waiting for us right now because of all that whispering you did behind the dumpster! Maybe we should stop wasting our time trying to save a dead man! Maybe we should be thinking about getting out of here and worry about saving our own lives right at this very moment!”
Jaden understands where Marvin is coming from and agrees that they should get back to campus. Then, Jaden feels a hand on his ankle. He looks down and sees it’s his classmate’s hand. He’s still alive.
He whispers to Jaden, “Help me, Jaden, please.”
Jaden is shocked that his classmate knows his name, but he can’t believe he’s alive. There’s blood all over his classmate’s face, so he can’t really see him at all. Jaden is not sure he can help his classmate, Jaden does not know what to do. Marvin quickly comes over and kicks his hand off of Jaden’s ankle. Then, Marvin kicks him in the face. Jaden is stunned.
Marvin turns to Jaden and says, “Let’s go, Jaden. We don’t have time for this. We need to get out of here right now. Come on.”
Marvin runs out of the alley and yells back for Jaden to follow him. Jaden quickly kneels down to his classmate’s level and whispers he’s sorry. Before Jaden can leave, his classmate points at the wall. Jaden looks and sees a mural of some woman in a black veil with purple eyes. Then, his classmate whispers to Jaden, “So beautiful.”
He starts coughing up blood, and Jaden wants to help him more than anything. Instead, he runs away from him and follows Marvin out the alley. As he’s running, Jaden hears his classmate calling and begging for him to help him. Jaden ignores his classmate’s call for help and continues running out of the alley. Never looking back once.
This is the end of part three of “A Familiar Shadow.”
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Part Four of “A Familiar Shadow” will be posted next Thursday.
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