Possessed
The Akuryō that sits in front of the mirror
Hands clunched
Knife in hand
Mouth shut
As a voice trys to scream from within
The Akuryō never allows for the body
The corse to hear ones self
As it weakens whom fights to come out
The longer you fight the weaker you get
Until one is silent and feels like they are already dead
Gone
Forgotten
Unwanted
Useless
Hopeless
Silenced
The thoughts that invade the mind
Boils your blood
Yet makes you feel so cold
Makes you scream and cry in agony
It hurts
Being eaten alive
It\'s draining
You feel like your fighting a battle
Yet your the first to die
And you don\'t even know it
Until you no longer have the energy to breathe
When everything is closed
The Akuryō leaves
Your cold body in hopes
Nothing ever opens again
As you try to get up
As you search for one more breathe
As you struggle to reach for that inhaler
You wonder if it\'s even worth it
To know your going to have to go through this again
You tried to stay silent to not wake up the Akuryō whom is always watching
But the silence is never enough it awakens when you have breathed for to long
Smiled to often
Laughed with no lies
That never sits right
He feels left out
He feels enraged
Small
Weak
He wants to remind you how big how strong he is
He has always been your next door neighbor since you were small you playmate
As death waits on the other
One voice
Small voice
Strong soul
That lies between them
Silenced so many times but never seems to give up
She tries to fight off the thoughts that invade
So you can hear her say that everything is going be okay
When she fails to be heard she prays that the body will not react in an unforgiving way
Everytime she fights she cracks
She changes
As Akuryō stays the same
She heals
When you have breathed
When you have smiled
When you have laughed
Ready to fight again
That is way Akuryō always awakens
Not because he is to powerful or big
Simply because he is afraid
You only hate what you fear or you can\'t have
He just wants you to forget that the soul that lays between is YOU
And he is just the IMPOSTER
That is whom you want to kill
Whom you want to die
But it is not you
He makes you forget not all the time
But just in the moment
The time that is long enough for you to make that gravely mistake
You are YOU he is
Akuryō
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