Just as I had settled down,
And all was back on track,
The knot of dark and past regrets,
Came crawling up my back,

Its claws sharp, tearing up my spine,
Pierced and scratched my skin,
It crept on up to the back of my skull,
It paused, then burrowed in,

The air went black and the sky and the sun,
The floor and the people too,
I looked out through new sunken dark eyes,
And I knew what I saw was the truth.