Healer

Healer

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I thought 
I knew your face
I thought it to be true
I thought it to be real
I thought it to be you

That was
until
one day
your face showed a crack

First
I thought 
It might be a 
cut
so deep
to dark flesh

But then
I saw
out of the corner of my eye
as you switched faces

First
I did not understand
for quite some time

I was stunned
shocked
as cracks deepened
everytime we talked

One day
I saw you drop the mask
when you tried to switch
to another

For a second
I saw
a snake
coiled around the void

Shellshocked
I did not realize
for quite some time

But what I had wittnessed
unwittingly
appeared to be
my
mortal crime

Punishable by death
of spirit

I never knew the pain
of that poison

It hurt
like a fire
slow
but white hot
hollowing me
from inside out
all the while
I froze do death
from outside

You 
put your mask back on
your favorite one
the healer
and turned
away
while I
died

---
October, 13, 2020

Mela Eckenfels schreibt seit 1997 das Internet voll, Sach- und Fachtexte für Geld und Spaß und Fantasy, Science Fiction sowie historische Literatur aus Passion. Nebenbei studierte sie Geschichte und Creative Writing an der Open University und hat das Studium 2017 mit einem Titel abgeschlossen, für dessen Aussprechen sie immer erst mal Luft holen muss: BA (hons) Humanities with Creative Writing and History (Open).

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