Locked In

Nothingness fills every inch of me abominable sensations crawl from deepest recesses anxiety lunges at me – clawing at the soul already battle-weary, depleted… Mortalities plague my waking moments ungodly images rouse the mind to endless tortures trepidation ignites every nerve – electrocuting me from within conflagration, inferno… Fractured surfaces blind me with incandescent lies obscuring the truth behind enigmatic imaginations dread and death roll the dice – a game of backgammon double six, double one… Frantic hands smudge the tears that cascade down paralysed marble leaving stained trails in their wake excavated through frustration and pain… A splintered glimmer breaks the void - there is hope… Copyright Deon J.H. Burger 2017