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you said you were fine.

you said it three times.

i believed you
the first time.

the second time,
your voice sounded different.

the third time,
you weren't the one speaking.

— there is a face behind the mirror. don't look for it. it gets closer when you do. — i keep finding notes in my handwriting. i don't remember writing them. today's said: stop pretending you don't know. so i stopped. the room got very quiet. — someone has been moving things in my room. nothing important. just little things. my books. my shoes. my chair. my reflection. — i asked the dark if it was lonely. it said no.

you said you were fine.

you said it three times.

i believed you
the first time.

the second time,
your voice sounded different.

the third time,
you weren't the one speaking.

then it asked why i was. — every night i lock my door. every morning it is unlocked. i thought i was forgetting. then one morning i found myself standing outside it. waiting. — there are two voices in my head. one tells me to be afraid. the other says: you already should be.sh a̩̭̯͋̒̉̕a̩̭̯͋̒̉̕

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