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By Marlon Hatcher

March 31, 2023


I sit alone in these empty spaces,

Hope leaving each moment I stare at this dark screen.

The more and more my mind wanders, the slower my heart races

Thinking about the horrors I’ve seen.

Your many different faces,

My messages turned to green,

From one sided chases

To being left unseen.

Don’t look out your window tonight,

There’s a bandit, with nothing to lose,

Hiding in plain sight.

I should’ve been the one 

You gave your love to,

Now I can’t wait to count those dots on your face

One by one.

I crept through your hallway

Like a thief in the night,

I don’t want to hear anything you have to say,

Don’t fight, don’t bite, and please

Diiing

“Can we talk?”

Don’t look through your hallway, tonight.