Amicus Est Tanquam Alter Idem Pt. 5

     


    Closer To...


    By: Amy Scheibe 

I sit next to him.

The darkness pours in.

I can feel his disease.

He turns his head slowly towards me.

I flinch at the sight.

His eyes dig into me.

Searching my soul.

I try to stop it.

A fight within me.

The searching continues.

Till it stops abruptly with a twisted smile.

Him then knowing my every weakness.

He never says a word but his body language tells it all.

His lips part and he speaks two words.

"Hello again."

My eyes widen.

My body freezes.

I ask "w..what?"

He says nothing.

Just hums a familiar tune.

I try to move, but my body refuses

I feel somehow drawn to listen.

It goes on for what feels like hours.

He stops suddenly.

Feeling as if I am returning from a trance.

He smiles "Remember me?"

"Yes." I respond quickly.

Trying to force the memory from my mind.

"…but you were just a childhood nightmare."

He laughs hysterically at me

His jaw moving up in down unnaturally,

"Just a nightmare? I’m far more than that my dear."

I look at him nervously.

"What are you then?"

He stands up slowly, his expression now serious.

"We've had this conversation." He says.

"Tell me. What. You. Are." I respond.

He disappears from view, yet a feel his breath on my neck. 

"I’m what will be the death of you someday.

The more you see me...the closer you are."

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