{"sf1_id":216353,"sf2_id":"Rno7z3yn","title":"Too Afraid","author":"Tunuko","words":153,"posted_at":"2011-01-25T00:11:00.000Z","tags":["Other"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/216353-too-afraid","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rno7z3yn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/de/e4/dee4056b-cf39-4580-9561-a2464553012b","description":"","content":"Too Afraid  \n  \nSlowly floating through a sea of silence  \nMy soul shivers in icy winds.  \nMy thoughts sail an endless cruise  \nBody slammed through waves of violence.  \nLight shines on the bluish tints  \nOf aching flesh, badly bruised.  \n  \nShattered bones are healing brittle.  \nSeeping wounds are dripping red  \nThrough fingers clenching fists.  \nStriking those frail and little.  \nAnd smashing their tiny heads  \nSpraying the walls with crimson mist.  \n  \nAlways just as cuts have healed,  \nHere's another hidden slash  \nCovered by the sticky sleeve.  \nThe man once was your shield  \nBut now your meat he will gash.  \nAfraid to speak, afraid to leave.  \n  \nStand and open the brightest door  \nAnd run into the day so free.  \nThe world will heal you,  \nHe'll hurt you no more.  \nThrough closed windows you can see.  \nLeaving, the last thing you will do.  \n  \nToo afraid to be alone,  \nThis living hell, your tomb, your home.  \n  \n- D.Ashford  \n\u0026nbsp;\n\n  \n  \n\n"}