cling

 
inside the bleak there is a nothingness that overcomes
shadows that grow large and envelope  
 
it is fear, you know?
 
it swallows previous hopes
and incites unrest within me
it quietly brews then reaches my core
 
it's scarred terrain  
I make my way through it slowly
trying to make sense of the unknown
 
I don't know why I get riled
I wish to put to an end to it quickly
 
what will fear teach me, how to doubt?
 
it seems like a meaningless feeling
yet it looms over me
threatening in its approach
 
I wonder what part of the void it hunts
and why it seeks me so often
am I entertaining the feeling too much
I shrink inside myself and cower
 
the adversary seems impossible to overcome
so I cling to my shattered hope
to hold onto my sanity