Surprise !

My predator is a ghost

I ignore on the good days.

On the bad ones, he attacks.

I stare in the void in complete chock.

It was him!

I had forgotten about him.

I thought if I ignored him enough, he would leave.

He never does.

He hides to come back when I expect him the least when I can not bear confronting him.

It's daunting.

It's heartbreaking,

Nerve-racking.

I wanted to believe that I could live a normal life,

That I was fine,

That I could smile.

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