Unsettling fear

grasps my hand

holds my head

taints my soul

shaking me into oblivion

and unreality

Afraid of nothing,

fearful of everything

but running to nowhere

I lie awake in bed

Fear grips

as I reach for sleep.

Thunder rolling,

lightning piercing

searing pain lingers

and my heart is in shambles

I reach out to silence

I must settle for tears

like raindrops on

a pane of glass.

Lying in solitude

with no one to hear

my screams

inside my mind

Terror seizes me

lost jigsaw puzzles

and jumbled words

scribbling frantically

Unending shapes

of foggy dreams,

hallucinations nearing.

I’m scared.

I can’t face the darkness

all

alone

Ó 1997