Riptide

tor·ture

noun

the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain.

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Being watched. You can't see it, you can't find it, but you know it's there? That feeling which weighs down on your chest the further you step away from civilization.

I don't feel safe in my own skin anymore, just yearning for the heavyness to go, and the eyes that lingered, hidden within the shadows to fade with the wind.

The crunch of leaves frightens me as the chilling silence I was surrounded in became invaded. The mist as thick as smoke, trees as high as street lamps, but the most unwelcoming was the darkness.

And of course the eyes that could see me, but I couldn't see them.

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