Dawn & Dusk

A lament

I feel it looming
Even as I write
A dark, nebulous cloud
With eyes so bright

It’s an anchor around the neck
A rope around my foot
It clings to me like mould
Pierces my flesh like a hook

Every waking second
It is always there
Even in my dreams
Sometimes it appears

As I fight every day
Against this constant foe
The thought that scares me the most
Is that it will never go