I stand at my door; my gaze a stare.
At what used to be.
Protected and private; soul laid bare.
My sanctuary.
Empty, alone, the shreds of my life;
I hid from it here.
Sadness creeping, my mind filled with strife;
Urged to disappear.
Comfort and shelter, I sought in bed.
The world kept at bay.
Sheet pulled up; pillow under my head.
Ignorant I stay.
The safety has been snatched; new and changed.
My stare reminds me.
Landscape of my bed; now rearranged
An ocean I see.
Mattress threatens to swallow me whole;
Its edge I cower.
Less territory; no more control.
Withdrawn; my power.
Formerly silent; my heart now screams.
Shelter of ice gone.
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