Twist the Knife

My submission for the Understood-Accepted "Feelings Contest."  Contest - Submission Time - Only 1 Day Left!!
Our "Creed"
Hello, you've reached a quiet place, a place where you can bare your heart or simply share your soul. We are all like you - problems and pain haunt and hurt us as they do you. We don't all have the same things that consume us, but still we understand your ghosts and the trouble you face daily hurt you deeply, as ours do to us. We know pain. We try help you face it. If you remember one thing about this place, remember this: No matter what you are living or have lived through, you are accepted.
YOU. ARE. ACCEPTED

Note to all entrants - only one day left to submit! (I have extended it by two days) I hope you are chatting with your partner and tinkering away at your craft!
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This was interpreted from dragoeniex's lovely sonnet of the same name:  Twist the KnifeMy failings drape your shoulders like a cape;
I see the clasp has locked around your throat.
My little traitor, you cannot escape
From prophecies that you yourself rewrote.
You are unfit, so let me help you rule.
I’ll show you all the wrong paths you should take.
You’ll find out why, in life, I was so cruel
When all the world is wanting you to break.
Have you discovered stains upon your crown?
I put them there, with your success in mind.
Inherit, too, these thoughts and dreams unsound-
The agonizing worries left behind.
And if your precious head becomes my tomb…
Then tell me, Brother. Who has murdered whom?

We decided to explore the emotion of malice.

Don't judge my awful hands (actually... judge them so hard). I was unable to find reference for someone being choked from behind, so I had to guesstimate. Ah well...

I apologize for my lack of artwork recently. I just began college and such.

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EDIT: I forgot to announce this weeks ago, but... dragoeniex and I ended up getting first place in this contest! Thanks for all the support for all of you who voted in the poll, and for your encouragement!