Nightmares

Look around and let me know

If there's satisfaction on the shore

For everything the world bestows

Upon us, may only be an addition to our woes.

There's a mind-numbing darkness,

An all-consuming black haze

I wonder if it's too difficult to harness

The positivity, or if it's just lost in the maze.

I hear tales of despondency all around

And it's no wonder we're deaf to the sound

Of second chances and new bounds

It all just seems to bring on the wrath of

Mind-borne hounds.

So I busy myself all times of the day,

Forgoing sleep most nights

Just to keep the nightmares at bay.