{"sf1_id":1071525,"sf2_id":"mW336awm","title":"Refract-urged...","author":"Jiblits","words":262,"posted_at":"2016-09-15T03:33:00.000Z","tags":["Commission","Poetry","Short Story","Trade","slice of life"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1071525-refract-urged","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/mW336awm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/0d/8d/0d8d3940-f152-470e-b845-92498b6840e3","description":"","content":"Refract-urged...\n\n  \n\nThe room closing in\nComposure broken, my shadowed imagination is about to begin...\n\n  \n\nCeiling fan spinning hurricanes my way\n\nI close my eyes \u0026 see the uncertainty come out to play\n\n  \n\nAnts marching across town\n\nI feel each motion so strong, I swear the hotels coming down\n\n  \n\nShivers consume my heart like finger tips digging into my very soul\n\nAmong the chaos sparks a thought feeding burning fears like coal\n\n  \n\nThe mirror shows something running back \u0026 forth, getting louder in its insanity\n\nIt laughs in whispers, eyes racing, trying to find more humanity\n\n  \n\nDelve into the pillow so low, the bottom rises as you fall\n\nOut of the depths of it all, it calmly begins to call\n\n  \n\nScattered about the room, emotion sleeps quivering at the silence\n\nThe doll of something familiar sits, waiting for a sign of violence\n\n  \n\nNo noise from its demands\n\nIt bares drawn teeth, as it clenches solid hands\n\n  \n\nFragrance fills the nose that can never take in any sense\n\nEver cut from its strings, it stands forever tense\n\n  \n\nBeneath the bottom of it's cold being\n\nWith a deep breath, I open my eyes again, \u0026 remember, it's not something I'm really seeing\n\n  \n\nSlivers of light from the windows glow to show I never had anything to control...\n\n  \n\nVoices, choices, bare to care, I look among the unseen mirror \u0026 see what I choose\n\nIf it's a battle against my own demons, I'll lose...\n\n  \n\n  \n\n---Thanks for reading---\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;---Always---\n  \n  \n\n"}