in the hours and minutes
of quiet uncertainty
i can feel the muffled screams
the dreaded foreboding
of imagination

again the fear besets my conscious mind
again the destruction of all that hope hath built

and as this great lie takes its place
an unshackled panic sends my body to quake and shiver

teeth grind
hands clench
and claw to shreds all within their grasp

there is no medication for this
no good counsel can ease the tension

only suspension of one reality
to favor the stark truths of the day

for yet again the fear shan’t win
allowed to move right on through
and begin
to find that modicum of peace

Peace/Fear/Awareness

m(~_~)m