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This month's Nightmare poem is The Let Go by E. Catherine

Tobler, narrated by Stefan Riddicki. Coming up right after this message.

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The Warning Woods has haunting horror stories that are sure to linger with you long after listening.

I'm Miles Tridal, writer and narrator of The Warning Woods.

Each week, I write an original scary story and share it with you.

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And now, Stefan Riddnicki.

The Let Go by E. Catherine Tobler.

This poem began as flash fiction and was then whittled even smaller, perhaps ironic given its subject.

I wrote this to explore how we change in a relationship, how it isn't always healthy or best for us, or necessarily consensual.

We give pieces of ourselves away.

We have pieces taken.

We cut ourselves down to nothing in the name of love.

And it is both a horror and a revelation, E.C.T.

I was not born in this field of grass, but I am anchored by your leaving.

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