Poetry

Shall I Sleep?

by Teresa Trotter 
02/14/17
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Silently it creeps
Within the deep

Shadows of despair
Reeking in the air

Begins to grow
To only show

It's ugly head coming out
Giving the immune system a shout

I'm here to destroy health
Remove the body from it's wealth

Bringing decay
Come what may

Painting a canvas of gloom
Leaving room for only doom

Fear takes center stage
That traps the mind in it's cage

Telling the body to sleep
Cradling memories while we weep

Hope seems to have lost it's grip
Reality begins to slip

The body wrestles to fight
To give life back with all it's might

Victory over death it weaves
Removing darkness as it leaves

Has only one commission
To bring remission

Cancel each dead cell
That no one can tell

Yet another victory won
Leaving none

Not a trace
To the human race

Tears of joy can be heard by all
For the memory no one can recall

A path of destruction like mortal sin
Of the beast that lied deep within

Written By: Teresa Trotter