In the depths of solitude
Disquieting thoughts
Force weary eyes
To wait hopelessly open
For relief unfounded
Chaos is liberated
And spins a web of confusion
Peace obscures itself
In the shadow of mayhem
Apprehension is released
From the cell that optimism once guarded
Optimism now shivers
As it lays helplessly in the claws of sorrow
Overwhelming pessimism lays traps of uncertainty
Victimizing innocent belief
What remains is the snare that easily entangles:
Lack of faith
Unforeseen and undetected
Like cancer
It spreads from mind to heart
Ending in fatality
Unless treated swiftly
Portia Lane
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/insomnia-dark-place/
