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As I’m crying, he’s laughing.
As I’m dieing, he’s living.
As I’m bleeding, he watches.
As I’m in grief, he’s in peace.
My pain is his joy.
My life is his toy.
This is what he enjoys.


As I run, he blocks me.
As I stumble, he pushes me.
As I’m on the ground he hurts me.
No one can help.
He feeds on my fright,
and lives on my nightmares.
I’m wounded and the watcher watches.



I survive in my own fears.
but all I hear are my own screams.
His identity is a mystery,
but so is mine.
He calls me fun,
as if he is playing with me.
Why am I the toy?
Why is he my owner?



Where am I?
What do I see?
I see him,
and he sees me.
A few more times,
he plays with me.
I yell, “Please stop it!”
He doesn’t reply,
and the watcher watches.










His angels are my demons,
He wears horns,
but thinks that he is an angel himself.
I’m crying,
but he ignores it and sees me laughing.
He wears my concerns as if they were his cloths,
and fits into them like a warm pair of shoes.
Is this his game?
Do I lose?


As I hate, he loves.
As I hide, he seeks.
I stay awake at night and wonder why.
My life a horror flick and I’m about to die.
He gets inside, and pushes until my fears peel out my pores of my skin.
Finally I ask:
“Why do you do this?”
He replies:
“I need some joy.”
I weep, and the watcher watches.




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In_Love_with_WritingThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jan. 6 at 4:53 pm:
Really great. I also liked your other one "Abused". Great job with them :) Please read, rate, and comment on some of my stories. It means a lot!
 
ChrisJThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Jan. 13 at 2:45 pm :
Thank you very much, I will make sure to read your too!
 
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ChrisJThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Oct. 19, 2012 at 5:15 pm:
Your welcome, and thanks for reading my poems too!
 
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sunnyandsugarThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Oct. 19, 2012 at 5:24 am:
I like the whole idea of the watcher watching through all of the things that are happening, very well written and thanks for commenting on my poems :)
 
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DragonRiddlerThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Sept. 14, 2012 at 9:56 pm:
Very cool, it's discriptive and mysterious, and I love how the repitition really ties everything together.
 
ChrisJThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. replied...
Sept. 15, 2012 at 12:43 pm :
Thank you very much! If you liked this piece then I think you should check out my other poem 'Abused'.
 
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ChrisJThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jul. 16, 2012 at 4:49 pm:
I hope everyone likes my poem!!!!
 
AuntK replied...
Sept. 3, 2012 at 10:09 am :
I like how your protagonist confronts the abuser at the end. A poignant moment. After feeling his/her pain throughout the whole piece, its a moment of relief for the reader...even though more pain is clearly inevitable.
 
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