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    Parasites Of The Soul
    Parasites Of The Soul
    Parasites Of The Soul
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    Parasites Of The Soul

    By Shane Ervin

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    Parasites Of The Soul deals with dreams and nightmares. Being torn between good and evil. From the mind of the author Shane Ervin.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShane Ervin
    Release dateMar 16, 2019
    ISBN9781386703099
    Parasites Of The Soul
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    Shane Ervin

    Shane Ervin is a writer and artist from Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in fine arts. His book entitled Does This Straitjacket Make Me Look Fat? is he first published work. 

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      Book preview

      Parasites Of The Soul - Shane Ervin

      THE LONG WALK

      I walk

      For what seems

      To be a long time

      Not knowing were I’m going

      I see faces; people I know

      But yet I don’t know them

      This I can not explain

      I wander endlessly

      Hoping to find some explanation

      Of what I have seen

      Hoping to find a way out

      But I can’t

      Because every path leads nowhere

      I am trapped

      In an endless realm

      And

      When I think I have found a way

      To escape

      I get pulled deeper in

      To a place

      Where there is no escape

      EVERY SECOND

      There

      I see a light

      It comes on and off

      Click, click

      Off and on

      It’s a constant sound

      In my ears

      The light flickers every second

      Burning my eyes with brightness

      I am going def and blind

      From that bright clicking light

      It’s enough to drive one crazy mad

      Click, click

      Flick, flick

      Stop that terrible sound and burning light

      Before I become mad

      Insane in my brain

      Or I am already insane

      And it’s just in my head

      If that is true I’m forever lost

      With that clicking light

      Echoing in my every thought

      SWEET SOUR

      Sleep

      Sleep

      In hopes of sweet dreams

      With sugar plums and rainbows

      Until the sweet turns sour

      And dreams become nightmares

      Then the nightmares haunt

      Your every waking thought

      With fears of the night

      When sleep comes to everyone

      Stay awake if you can

      Because the nightmare

      Will surely come to those

      Who sleep with hopes

      Of sugar and everything sweet

      NO ONE UNDERSTANDS

      As I lay me down to sleep

      I hear them talk about me

      I am scorned by demon tongues

      No one understands

      I am everyone’s disgust

      They can all go back to hell

      I mock them

      And their hellish

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