Barriers

I am my own entity

I won’t let the world swallow me

Centre to the core, find my balance

The shadowy fingers of lack of sleep

are invading my brain, smothering my defenses

The grey blurry figure whispers in my ears

that all is hopeless and that I won’t do

My eyes widen with fear

trying to identify the threat

The ghost slyly smiles:

it’s hiding between my eyes and my brain

undetected, it can pursue its slow conquering work

getting into every fold of my brain

following the path of the nerves

controlling my body, unaware of the hijack

But I know that old nemesis

I know its ways and manners

It has occupied my body often enough

Centre to the core, find my balance

There is no threat, there is no ghost

Deep breaths, the clawed fingers are dissolving into mist.