Battlements of my mind

Uninvited you enter into a zone that has no defence

your unbridled darkness like a wild mare

galloping amok through trenches of the mind

raking havoc as you go and leaving

a trail of despair in a cerebral vacuum.

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Onward you trot to the place that once knew hope

determination now replaced by pitiful sighs conceding defeat

in a bubbling pool of pitch and soaking lethargy

a breathless resistance met with an enveloping darkness

where love once lived and creativity blossomed.

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Foundations on which towers were built of stones of knowledge

and mortar of optimism and vision

become nothing but mere fencing for this raven steed

determined to conquer this once fine citadel

that took decades to build and just moments to surrender.

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Your leaden weight heavy on life´s battlements that once carried

burdens and challenges with heartfelt expectations of

bright horizons which seem now more like lost sunsets and

eerie moonlight with its lurking shadows that are

set to take the last rays of soulful light.

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Resignation and battle fatigue flutter like flags above the parapet

where once a fire burned so bright all could see

casting boulders of molten hope and dreams defending against any

quad of nostril flaring stallions with raging black eyes

daring to assail, hell bent on annihilation.