Banshee

Distracted by the mirror
without a shadow of a doubt,
there remains this nestled
and threatening animal,
resident of my rib cage,
tick tock of a time bomb
beating in the folds of eternity.  

This beast that inhabits me,
and turns me inside out,
screaming to all the winds
that no longer move any mills.  

"The soldiers are at the door, sir!
What do we do now?"  
"Scream, captain, scream
until their ears burst."