FEAR
Sudden awareness of movement in the peripheral vision of my eye
A glistening spectral of unseemly light whose subtle movement proved its discovery
Flinching in hasty fear
Drawn by unknown forces, yet polarized
Gooseflesh plays across my entire being in expectation and dread
Fight or flight from the unknown menace
A question that plays over and over inside my terrorized brain
Confrontation inevitable and unavoidable
Exodus too powerful a pull to be ignored
Spellbound by the mysterious tentacles of the surreal
Forever lost in the abyss should it grasp
Praying, praying for strength and fortitude
Cemented in place
The only sound my heartbeat’s staccato and interminable ringing in my ears
Tears cascade down my cheeks from eyes unblinking
Turn, turn to meet the uninvited silhouette of nightmare
Weakness, dizziness, hopelessness work in concert to their end
Specs and flashes of lightning dance in all directions
I glance as I succumb to its bondage
Tis nothing
Kevin Parish 
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