The Fear Consumes Me

Fear consumes my belly

Like a pit of coiling snakes

Writhing scaly dancers

They stop my breath,

Racing my heart,

And stilling it.

Sinking their fangs

Deeper than my soul can go

I want them out,

Will them to die,

But they only grow

Longer and multiply.

They are strong and many

Drowning me out completely.

I cannot leave

And I have no breath

They take it all.

One day, they will consume me.