How does one
Outrun
Ones self
When that
Howling voice
That makes you
Want to hide
Is coming
From inside
Your own head
When it reverberates
Off the walls
Threatens to shatter
All
Of the windows
And the only space
You can find
Is when you
Run
Outside
Of your own
Home
Cold
Shivering
Alone
Fling
Pleas
For reprieve
First
In a whimper
The better
To hide
But when the voice
Comes
As it always does
The pleas
Turn to screams
As the one
Shatters into a hundred
Scatters
Every direction
Away
Perfect
Prey
For fear
To gobble up
One
By
One
Run
But
There is nothing
To run
From
I am the fear
And no matter
How many times
I tear
Myself in two
I will find
My fear
Anew
But
Look harder now
Rest
Catch your breath
Look deeper now
Can you also make out
The little gleaming bit
Of Infinite
God gave to you?
The way
She holds you
Even as the Finite
Is shattered
Gathered
Rebuilt
A new
Different
Life
Carved out
For you
The road ahead
May be
A treacherous
Dead end
But sister
Please
Turn your head
A little
To the left
Let
The tremors of change
Pass through you
Break you
Remake you
Let
The left foot fall
And then the right
Or maybe
Just crawl
Along the new road
You didn’t see
Let
Her guide you
Let
This soften you
Let
Love carry you
Through
To
The new path
Made
Just for you