The monsters beneath my bed
were different than yours.
They, too, feared the one
hiding in plain sight.
They accepted me as one
of them and I made
the darkness my home.
© Sarah Doughty
The monsters beneath my bed
were different than yours.
They, too, feared the one
hiding in plain sight.
They accepted me as one
of them and I made
the darkness my home.
© Sarah Doughty
horror section part 16; “im not afraid you anymore edward, not if you always do the same thing over and over again about seduction!” hyde answer with a cunning smile on his face “but i will never be tired of it darling, you do know you have a bad side in you my dear”.
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there is something comforting in the desperate darkness of this gorgeous piece love. ❤
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Oh wow, thanks, love.
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always, love! ❤
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Your poetry is far deeper than it appears at first glance.
Keep up the amazing work! It is always a delight to read what you write.
Cheers! 🙂
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Thank you. It’s definitely deep, and I tend to leave them open enough to let readers fill in the blanks and ask their own questions. It reminds me Stephen King’s On Writing, and the exercise he introduced with the white bunny and the red 8 written on its side. Readers didn’t need to know where the rabbit was sitting or in what setting, because the interesting part was the red 8. 😊
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Ah yes, On Writing. I remember reading that a year or two back. It was quite an interesting read and there were plenty of interesting lessons taken from it.
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Indeed. It was definitely one I took a lot of advice from.
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Hauntingly Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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Those last three lines made my arm hairs stand on end. So creepy and somehow disturbing.
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Oh wow, thank you. It was meant to be a little disturbing, I wanted readers to wonder. Thanks for the kind words! 😊
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You’re welcome! 😀
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So good!!!😮🙌👏
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Thank you so much! 😊 😊
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We have hidden fear, even in broad day light. Allow me to share this sentiment with your readers. This poem was published in my second book: Cloudscape And Landscape: Poetic Echoes by Dr. Lim Keng Huat
NIGHTMARES
In a dreamy night,
stranger in mirror appears under moon light.
selfie and body baffle real or fancy,
at speed of light, each seizes the other in frenzy.
The other and devil sit side by side,
organize truth, men divide and deride.
Heads and hearts nurture apart,
end of time, till death the duo thwart.
The battle splits and spins the head,
return to bed, Zhuangzi’s butterfly dead.
Fear to look at the mirror again,
nothing remains same, nothing gain.
The crazy cares about real and imaginary,
modern media is full of tricks and sophistry.
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Thanks for sharing and for the kind words. 😊
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Brilliant. I see myself in this.
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Awww. I’m sorry you do. 💖
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♥
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Darkness is my home now
Alone for long I am
No more fear anymore
All accepted as reality now
No more hoping to see you again
Nor the heart is getting lost
I need to grow and move
Is the best thing now
Your mask has fallen off
Next time keep it tight
Love was a blessing to offer
You cheated even love.
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Awww. Thank you for the honor more inspired words.
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Thank you for saying that way….. Thank you 😊
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You’re welcome.
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Can you help me a bit to understand
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You wrote more words, that mine inspired. 😊
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Lol words come out from somewhere when we don’t think right but still deep somewhere we are thinking or full of thoughts
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Indeed.
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overcome my predatory Paleolithic nature and rise above my reptilian tendencies. What does it mean and what should I do.
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You were inspired. I’m honored.
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Sarah I need to understand that…. What it means and how to overcome
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You mean what you wrote?
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Yes Sarah
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The only thing that is wrong is doing nothing.
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I normally don’t read astrology but a day before my Birthday I do read about my zodiac sign… Scorpio I am…. It was written there reptilian nature and the other thing… Thus I asked
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Oh, okay.
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So basically you mean the words mean….. Not doing what is to be done right
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If you’re stuck, doing nothing is the only wrong thing to do.
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I understand now all
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😊
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But I felt i am walking doing
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It’s something.
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Something…???
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It’s not nothing.
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Okay I get your words now….
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I know I have to heal… I am almost there…. On process and I am healing fast.
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My healing has been very slow.
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Healing is just like another process to change some process formed… Yes it takes time or no time…. We all are humans and we all have different capability… First love healing takes long I guess…. Because it is first time experience
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Mine is a result of a childhood of abuse.
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Thank you ☺
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“feared the one
hiding in plain sight:
—– Aren’t we all? Like the monsters spewing morality till they find themselves alone with the vulnerable.
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Yes, exactly. Thank you!
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i am the ultimate
monster nightmare
the hands of my grandmother
caressed my in my crib
and now she dont come at all
til i die
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Oh wow. 💖
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“…and I made the darkness my home.” It’s always seemed strange and amusing to me that Earthians make such a deal of “light” and fear “darkness” when light in these worlds is an artificial process whereby “darkness” is the general state of being. Perhaps because we incarnated into flesh bodies that need heat (thus “light”) to survive. There are two states of being: imprisonment in slavery of beliefs that speak of themselves as light and freedom in the infinite “darkness” of the cosmos. I choose darkness because it is the one that will never fail me. All those “forces” that create light eventually burn off and return to the dark from whence they came, and so will we all. Why not get used to the idea once again; get ready for the adventure? Yes, let’s all make the darkness our home since it must be the final place 🙂
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Thank you, love. 😊 I always enjoy your insights. 😊
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Oooh you say so much between the lines. Just amazing.
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Aww thank you for noticing! 😊
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“they too feared the one hiding in plain sight.” beautiful line. i like the idea of the human mind as the most fearful monster.
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Yes, indeed. Thank you!
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