Fear
like worry.
like shivers.
like fingernails tracing unknown letters on your back.
like every tiny hair standing, soldier-straight, in goosebumps.
like thinking you're being watched.
like being watched.
like insomnia.
like scrunching shut frightened eyes.
like holding tight onto someone just to feel solid - forget safe.
like crying, but worse.
like a child in the night.
like losing.
like sickness,
like nausea,
like the gag reflex.
like the stench of burnt chocolate.
and stale cigarettes.
like the full moon, the dark moon, the crescent moon.
like watching impotently as the black wave of insects devours everything.
like hearing one scream
or like hearing a wicked, too-pleased laugh.
but mostly, like constant, bone-grinding worry.
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