Unfathomable dread
is etched deeply in my bones
An invincible rope
Strangles my dry throat
I struggle for breath,
but I am soon to remember I was never alive

Is it normal?
To feel so livid yet numb?
Is it right?
To feel this way?
I believe I don't care what they do
But somehow at night I feel dread
This dread carries with it the plans
Of how to end it.

Slowly I stand up
Determined to never feel this dread again
But how, I wonder.
This dread has always been with me
It hurts and lacerates me
But can I ever learn to go on without it?
More like do I want to go without it?
It may be the only thing
keeping me from complete lunacy.

My DNA has grown to like the feeling
And maybe now it's my antidote.
This pain that tears me so
May be just what I need
They may throw me stones
But I've been through worse
This dread is my brutal sidekick.
With this dread at my side
I will fight through this hell
Until the fated day that we fall
I shall stare down at my foes
They will run, for my dread and I have become one.
As one we stand, As one we will fall.