Pictures of Depression
Sleekly
creeps an adder of pain
into my stomach
and hooks up firmely.
Worms of worries degrade
the blood,
fatten themselves
from my nerves.
Viruses of mania pound
in the temples,
eroding reason.
Spiders of anxiety spin nets
of hysteria,
where values entangle.
Panic vultures attack the psyche,
pair with owls of gloom,
vailing the view,
hope smothering.
My quivering It
releases
thousands
of death wish lava.
The last moment of bliss
bathes in pearls
of sweatty fear.