Lurker in the Shadows

You don’t see me lurking, wrapped as I am in the shadows.

I see you, though. I see you quite clearly and despair of your
daily efforts to keep up the front of everything going so well, when we both
know that really isn’t the truth.

I call to you so softly in those moments of quiet solitude
to pull you closer to my domain, to have you share in my world as you force me
to endure your own. I hear your thoughts clearly for we are one, you and I.

I am you, and I know your fears…

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Lurker in the Shadows – © 2019 Paul J. Fleming