You see red
when shadows
close in
like monsters
that intimidate
your self-esteem.
I see it, too.
Empty thoughts crack
hollow walls.
A graveyard of
regret in me
breathes life
into the fear
embedded in defeat.
You’re my love
for a season,
then, alas.

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