She

She blinds my eyes

And pulls me down into

The fathomless depths

Where mercy has no reach

And cannot hold.

She turns love into

An unattainable cure

She buries hope and faith

As if they were deadly

For they take her power.

She is a child

Greedy for more

Although I've given her

My all.

As she haunts

And overpowers me

I can only wait in pain

Until the fever breaks

And she goes back to

Whatever hell she comes from.

August 2013