Where the shadows live
Where the terrors of imagination
Stalk me
Till I sink under
The nightmare of dreaming
The dark specter haunts me
my daydreams taunt me
I seal the past
Hidden at last
In the dark places
That I never forget
I have faced my fear
and my fear came up short
It won’t engage me
Or give me credit for winning
It merely slinks out
Like it was never an issue
I have surrendered all
I have given in
But no relief comes
No quiet I gain
Just a prison of submission
—JMSH