Dio Writes

In a moment

Life overturned

Gaslit by doctors

Dismissed

Sold snake oil

Told to be patient

Miserable

Sleeping to escape

Dreading dawn

Remembering

That I was once whole

Hoping

That I may be once again.

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Grasp your panic and fear

Trap it in a box in your mind

Cast it into the recesses of your psyche

Emotionless, a caricature of bravery

But later

Resurfacing, the clasps rotted

Festering panic

Infectious fear

Will break free

Will break you

The price, with interest, paid in the end.

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Today, I give thanks

For those who tolerate my fictions

And for those who understand

That there is more beneath this mask.

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This girl in the mirror

Holding herself to these

Impossible standards, the

Expectation of perfection

She'd never ask of others

Knowing it unreasonable

And doing it nonetheless

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This world

My birthplace, my home

Whatever happens

I stand ready to defend

You who would let evil flourish

Know this

You're not my first villains

And fate willing

You'll not be my last.

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I could turn away

Pretending

Willing myself to ignorance

But no

I'll fight

Never resting

Envious of those who can.

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This mask, these masks

Impermanent, I know

Limiting, comfortable

But I cannot stand idle

While everything burns

Cracks in the porcelain

This shade of me, shimmering

My crimson rage

Channeled into words

Perhaps I have time

Time before words become acts

Before this fiction is cast aside

And I die once more for my cause.

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A momentary glimpse of the divine

Burning me to my core

Wonder replacing skepticism

Tentative hope supplanting despair

Where are you now, my goddess

Was my joy mere imagination

Or is your existence something more?

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