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Sit back and wait

Unearthly spirits

Reveal your shape

As my terror turns to sleep

Familiar smell of roses

They tried to speak

And then their cold arms wrapped around my neck

Laid me down to sleep and ceremoniously left

The haunting beasts with evil hearts

Who bit their nails and ground their teeth

Who felt at home within this place

Its crumbling walls and blistered paint

Who in the night stood over me

Witnessed the fear upon my face

Who sought to nurture and nourish me

Left me to rest, without a trace.