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Parade of Demons: Haunted Houses, Dancing Ghosts, and Gothic Vampires ✅

Pubic Announcement: Surviving, Suffering, and Struggling

By SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONSPublished 6 days ago Updated 6 days ago 3 min read
Parade of Demons: Haunted  Houses,  Dancing Ghosts, and Gothic Vampires ✅
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how to survive the parade of demons. . .

with

. . . love, . . .

. . . . . . light, and . . .

. . . . ..... . . . . . . laughter . . .

searching for love in all the wrong places. . .

losing my heart, my wife, and my life. . . .

having stage 4 cancer . .

feeling the pain of going insane slowly. . .

watching as a parade of demons dance by me. . .

returning from chemo treatment one day,

seeing the love of my life drive off recklessly,

having never seen such strange behavior before . . .

thinking it being the stress of caring for me. . .

getting out of the car, seeing her smiling and. . .

telling me she had a job interview

waiving at her, blowing her a kiss, she

extending her hand out as if to catch

the kiss of love,

    symbolizing the heart to heart love.

smiling at our signature love sign . ..

watching her drove off,

becoming the last I ever heard from her.

never learning where she went,

blocking me in her social media sites

shutting down some of her social media sites.

having many and many followers.

being  ghosted by my only love. . . .

walking into the house,

noticing big furniture pieces gone. . . .

running about,

discovering that her clothes all

missing, her special shoes, all

missing in action. . . .

taking her pans and dishes, all

missing in action . .

disappearing with her,

being ghosted, ghosted, ghosted. . . .

dying of this parade of demons. . .

messaging me, saying:

"sorry. I can no longer care for you.

I love you always. forgive me. bye forever and ever.

do not try to contact me ever again. . . "

blocking me, divorcing me, never

warning me of the pending doom . . .

thinking, perhaps we

working it out, returning to golden times. . .

feeling part of my soul, my heart being ripped out,

becoming lost, alone, and depressed.

having bought the house just for her.

having bought her a new car too.

having bought her new clothes all the time.

giving her any thing she wanted,

being the only person that ever ghosted me.

how to survive the parade of demons. . .

having . . . more friend after friend,

having other family member after family member,

walking in a parade of demons. . . .

ghosting me, gothic style,

dancing with other red undead demons. .

uncovering that this being common for many cancer patients,

especially for those enduring long battles fighting to live,

forgiving her, forgiving, forgiving,

giving them love back. . .

loving them all, missing them all,

wanting them all back . . .

surviving cancer twice,

crying now . . .

. . . . tears, . . .

. . . . . tears, . . .

. . . . . . . . . tears . . .

amen. . .

laughing, laughing, laughing.

. . healing, . . .

. . . . . healing, . . . .

. . . . . . . . . healing, . . . .

being alone. . . .

becoming cancer free. . .

free at last

how to survive a parade of demons. . .

with

. . . love, . . .

. . . . . . light, and . . .

. . . . ..... . . . . . . laughter . . .

how to survive the parade of demons. . .

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About the Creator

SAMURAI SAM AND WILD DRAGONS

DR. WAYNE STEIN Ted Talk Speaker, Amazon Author, Asian Gothic Scholar; Yoga Certified, Black Belts. Writer Program Admin, Writing Center Director, Cancer Survivor, Korean Born , Raised in Japan and Italy, grew up In Los Angeles.

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  • Made in DNA4 days ago

    Journeys are neverending but always lifechanging.

  • Sid Aaron Hirji4 days ago

    very emotional piece-you have a wonderful background

  • Sandy Gillman6 days ago

    I’m so sorry you endured this. Thank you for sharing it.

  • Mark Graham6 days ago

    What an up and down emotional poem you have created here. Good job.

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