• the monster •

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At the age of five, I was scared of the monster I thought was living in my closet.

At the age of nine, I was afraid it had moved under my bed...

At at the age of sixteen, the monster moved into the inner workings of my mind, dismantling the cogs while whispering a feed of lies and convincing me they were a speech of truth.

And at the age of sixteen, the monster became close, too close, and had no intention of leaving. It became a part of reality and at this time, my parents couldn't reassure me that it was only a bad dream.

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