
Tick-
A sudden buzzing in your ears,
In front of you are all your fears
Laid and casted, and projected out.
No chance to escape, no safe route.
Tack...
Tick-
Figures standing in the corner,
Staring at you like a warner,
That none of this is real.
Tack...
Nothing will here will let you heal.
Tick-
Shadows enclosing on you,
Getting closer to your view.
Tack...
Nowhere to run, or even hide,
Nobody to hear your screams, cries.
Tick-
Silence so loud it's absurd.
Tack...
Every skill you've once mastered,
Here it doesn't help at all.
It doesn't shield, numb the fall.
Tick-
"Every man for himself" is a lie
Together we can build to get by,
Fight all those problems, be free
Bound together, liberty…
Tack.
Tick-
Tack...
Tick-
Tack...
Tick...
(But here now, it's all you,
You can't, or shouldn't
Expect anyone to hold you,
Shower you with support…
Show you the right,
Keep out the noise,
Shield and cherish you.
Welcome to the real life, kid.
To the brutal, real life,
Where you need to do
Anything, and
Everything to live.
And don't forget, that
Here, it's all you.)
About the Creator
Edvin Sterling
"Here it's all you" out now.
Edvin Sterling 2026 ©

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