Hope

I hope to live a little longer. A little longer, and a bit stronger. Is my soul getting weak? I ask. But to whom? I tremble. Souls I know, hide behind a mask - Dreaded, I fall and stumble. Me? Oh, a little girl afraid of the night - Like Epiales it scars and haunts, Holds on to me tight. Hurt, I kneel before ordeals it flaunts! Hypnos, Thanatos and Erebus - ain't any myth; Come, latch on and feast like a carnivore. Slowly, heart burns to ashes with, Flames of memories, engulfing the core. Love always heals - but where do I find this elixir? Like Esther I'm choking, screaming in this bell jar! I am no beauty, no perfection, definitely not a 'chosen one'- Yet I hope to live a little longer... A little longer and a bit stronger!