Raphael Manwell

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“Nothing Left” by Raphael Manwell

Submitted to Contest #205

I have to do it. I don’t have a choice. Then again, there never was a choice. It’s irresistible, it’s enchanting, like I was spellbound without a way to stop it. A poison with no antidote. It had become almost like a ritual, every morning, every night. It was cold and smooth, yet burnt the throat and warmed every vein in the body. My troubles would leave my mind, the pain would ease from my limbs, how could you resist such a temptation? I lay there between my sheets, trying to snatch at the last few seconds of sleep. But my mind had woken,...

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