Friend Or Foe

Friend or Foe

By: T.L. Austin

 

 

 

Madness travels around the perimeter of my brain,

 

It’s snake-like tongue slithering the edges,

 

Making desperate attempts to find a crevasse to call home,

 

Sometimes it screeches at me,

 

In it’s desperation to find a handhold,

 

Threatening me with untold horrors and pain.

 

At other times it sings to me,

 

With the sweet melodies of a Siren…

 

Enticing me with its promises of euphoria and bliss.

 

The struggle between embracing this entity,

 

Or continuing to stave it off,

 

Is exhausting my spirit.

 

I feel I am nearly broken.

 

Oh, look….

 

The sun is cresting the Eastern horizon.

 

Time again for me to do battle.

Reviews

[An owl on the moon]

Beautiful and bittersweet, ending with both hope and courage to face yet another battle... Such a depth and strength...