‘Reflections of Fear’
Please, someone stop the dark
The eyes will find me
Those peering, probing eyes
That seem to follow
Through the window
To where I am
I’m not sure that this is real
But my head tells me it’s coming
Creeping and curling its strange tendrils around me
Squeezing, scaring and screeching
Into me and around me
I feel like I’m falling, but I am only failing
This is killing me, but I am only surviving
When will it take me and return me
To the darkness where I am afraid
Footsteps, fright, monsters in the maze
That has become my mind
Frozen, fumbling, losing the fight
Feeling the fright
Nervous, uptight
Please, someone stop the light
It shows me too much of what I know but don’t wish to see
Not my own eyes
Only theirs
That follow my every thought
Penetrating, accusing, stealing the darkness
Finally
To wrap me up in my own misery
Until I am gone
© Annette Hansen 2005