crawling
keep crawling
creeping crawling
crawling creeping
keep creeping
creeping

cant go on
shant go on
must go on
will go on
on and on

the fear the pain
the pain the fear
the waiting
the long waiting
the night waiting

the shame the angst
the angst the shame
the hating
the self hating
the life hating

the guilt the tears
the tears the guilt
the pacing
the slow pacing
the days pacing

crabwise by nightwise
the light flies
the light lies
the light dies
crabwise by nightwise

sideways in the dark
& sideways again

the shadows wrap themselves
like cats
&
the cats wrap themselves
like shadows

& sideways again
sideways in the dark