Black Dog

this - wretched

thing this - ghost of a shadow of a 

thing this - nameless thing that stalks me,

has stalked me since the white blur of childhood optimism

passed me by, taking with it the righteous and 

all-powerful God that was supposed to 

protect me, this - 

creature,

a strange and familiar

Black Dog

half-starved and reeking of desperation

reeking of humanity

and utters only a silent shriek of 

unbelongingness,

Hell

of all

Hells, and

I recognize in it the same

terrible longing for

Home

that echoes always

in the deep corners

of my 

mind

Reviews

[lizardbrain]

the longing for home bit hit a bit too close to, well, home

[Chris Shaw]

Black dog, depression at its worse. All encompassing, unrelenting, turning daylight into night. I like how you convey the darkness as a stalker. That I like very much.

Chris