Eyes in the Dark

                                                           

Just out of view, did that shadow just move?

Fear of the fear taints all that you do.

It's the unknown that fills you with dread.

The reality's gone, reason has fled.

 

The monsters in your mind rise to new heights.

The shadows build until they block out the light.

Your mind in overdrive, the imagined terrors

rise higher, till your tortured brain alters

 

reality and gives way to your imagined nightmares,

as you play a game of possibles solitaire.

You're all alone, alone in the dark.

This paranoia cannot be seen, it leaves no mark,

 

but it'll destroy you, small bit by small bit,

eating away your piece of mind, until it gets

to the end, and leaves you shaking.

It's selfish--it never leaves, it's only taking

 

You tell yourself all of this, yet it does no good.

You know exactly what's happening--you know you should

just will yourself to stop, will yourself to a better mental place,

but you're helpless, the mirror reflects a growing tortured face.

 

Reviews

[Marie]

In the dark, the slightest movement,the slightest sound is magnified a thousnad times...

[Michael Stevens]

Yep, thanks for reading, Marie!

[Lysta]

This great! I especially enjoyed the line, "The reality's gone, reason has fled." When I am scared, I indeed abandon all reason! The human mind loves to play tricks like making you feel like someone is watching you, or making you hear strange sounds just as you said in this line, "Your mind in overdrive, the imagined terrors" Sometimes our imagination can be scarier than reality...

-Lysta

[Michael Stevens]

Thanks Lystra, and unfortunately, it's all-too-true for me!