Haunted
I hear a voice upon the wind softly, sweetly say my name. I hear it whisper sweetly in my ear as I lay awake. 'Come to me, my child,' it says, 'Come and free me from this ever present darkness'. I silently listen to it's pleas for me to come. I close my eyes to block it out, but instead I see a pair of eyes pleading, begging me to listen. I hold my breath and feel my heart pounding in my chest. I listen, but hear no more. I open my eyes, I'm still alone in my bed. I wait to hear it call me, but there is silence as the world sleeps on. I sit up and look at my reflection in the mirror. My hair is bedraggled, my face is wet from a cold sweat and my eyes are wide, but still I hear nothing. As my heart pounds in my ears I see a from take shape in the mirror. It is a man, a man wearing a mask and eyes that seem to penetrate my soul. He watches me as I silently stare back at him, then he is gone. As the pounding in my head gets louder I hear the voice again, but this time it sounds far away as it repeats my name. I fall back on my bed. I shut my eyes tightly and my mind cries out, Stop! Make it all stop! Yet secretly my heart wishes for more, for the man in the mask to return to me, to stay with me and the world goes on silently sleeping while I lay awake haunted by the Phantom of the Opera.
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