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Reality?

dream or hallucination?
It was, it was, it...I....
lost for words

Yet the memory is vividly 
imprinted into my mind
I close my eyes and see 
see the horrendous gates 
the spirit within me sinks
a cacophony of deafening alarms bells in my head
drown the shrills of my panic-stricken classmates
they scurry in a frenzy to evacuate...as for me
I'm magnetized to my cold metal chair
I dread the door way to Hades 
but I'm even more traumatized by his face
a sprawling smile on his face 
as if this was all a big fancy to him

the man in the mirror enjoyed this freakish phenomenon
Open my eyes 
still don't know if it's a dream or a...

◄ Us three

Ignite the flame ►

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