I keep falling into this dream
and every time I wake up I slip
back into the stream to abyss
my soul I dip by day and night
I evermiss the chance to redeem
the fight is lost before it starts
inside the scream cannot come out
if not in arts from the maze of the mind
I shout but there’s no voice to hear
in memories I find no friend
the mournful fear alone is why
dreaming asleep I spend these days
I try wake up over and over again
in a haze I close the eyes falling back
a chain anchors me to the floor
of the sea and its black tumor
February 2021