Sunday Scribblings: Walking

I am linking today with Sunday Scribblings 2.  Today's theme is "walking".  

Despair by Gun Legler 

Heaviness claws at my shoulders

inky darkness deluges the fringe of my will 

hundreds of hands reach out to pull me down - 

to pull me down into the floor 

I can't take a step without the weight of the world

Drawing me into my safe shell once more

Hiding there with a cozy blanket of self-comfort 

Pushing every thought aside so they don't rip me apart 

I panic.  Black pressure kettle with the lid scratching and rattling 

All the things racing - the movement won't even slow down.

Paranoia creeps like a shadow over nooks and dark corners 

Leave me alone!  Leave. me. alone.  

I'm entangled in sticky webs of despair

Can't walk away from the clutch of despondency 

Please go away. 

Solitary is my only peace.