It

I can feel it

Just beyond my reach

Around the corner

I look about
But it is nowhere to be found

I can feel it pouncing

Grasping
Clawing

Nails outstretched

Stabbing in and holding there

I can feel it dragging me down

Pulling down so hard

It wants to bring me down
Reduce me to nothing

I cry out in pain

And no one sees

it there, clawing in further

I scream but I am silent

It feeds thereon

It wants more

Leaving me helpless

Defenseless

Motionless

I am still

I am calm

I am a storm

I am empty