STORY STARTER

Submitted by Sebastian Marie

Some things are easier to say in the dark...

Write a conversation between characters who are revealing their vulnerabilities under the cover of darkness.

We, Simple Terrors

(_A tad off prompt. _

_Maybe a great tad. Idk_)


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“We, Simple Terrors”



Some things are


easier to say


in the dark


for then there are no


true colors, night pulls over us


a blanket, humanity,


one mask taken for the other


we, simple terrors


remove our faces, shuffle them


around—— mental roulette


everything on red, seeing


black pressed onto our


eyes, a half-sleep we’d forgot


by the dawn grasping us by


our ears, pulling us to the wardrobe


shining light on the latest


disguise, _people_ is a loose term


everyone says it, nothing can define


then we speak a whisper


a soft sword swung wide


to even our surprise, we’re alive


a half-dream, flat, so heart


may better climb to mouth


then creak open the door


crawl out into the shadows


and speak lies clad in


torn truths, _to kill is to be _

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