NEVER YOUR SOUL
Acute the fear
Slipping – sliding
Below the skin
Sandpaper gliding
Tears that form
Fall like rain
Trembling horror
Hollowed voice refrain
Stricken the core
Seize the heart’s blood
Pounding – pounding
Thud, thud, thud
Pupils dilated
Alas, no light
Stirred all around
These creatures of fright
Nightmares end
With consciousness whole
Never again
Never your soul
