Escape

Not a second goes by Without me thinking, Of that day Not an hour passes Where I don't have, This roiling fear

I try and hide I try to flee I try to smother, This beast which haunts My every breath

It whispers It cackles It has ruined my soul And tainted The thing that brings me joy

You can deny But you cannot hide Run, run But know I will always Be lurking behind

Run. But you cannot escape.