Midnight Mantra

please don't let anything bad happen tonight.

god, please.

will tonight be another night of unanswered prayers?

please, god—

if there is a god—

whoever you are,

wherever you are,

please help me.

please keep us safe.

please don't let him do anything.

please don't let anything bad happen tonight.

I can't take another night

of this fear.

this anxiety.

it's too much.

please don't let anything bad happen tonight.

I don't deserve it,

she doesn't deserve it,

none of us deserve it.

please don't let anything bad happen tonight.

I just want to feel safe.

that's all any of us want.

please don't let anything bad happen tonight.

he can rot in hell for all I care.

just,

please.

please don't let anything bad happen tonight.

god, please.

This poem is about:

Me

My family

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