Dragon of My Consciousness

Oh dragon of anguished anger,
You destroy my mind invade my thoughts,
And try to slaughter anything good within me...

You creep slowly in the night,
Catching your victim unaware.
Your iron-grip holds my soul,
Almost too much to bear…

Just when I begin to feel safe,
Feet planted on stable ground,
You return to remind me
You are ever lurking below the surface.

Dragon of my tormented mind,
A safe haven is all that I seek,
A true resting place of piece and calm,
And just when I think I have found this
You return and burn it all away.

Leave me staggering and stunned,
Striving to cope and continue,
You have no care for the fragility of the heart.
To you this matters not...

But I must survive to live yet one more day.
So I wage the endless battle only to stalemate.
Yet there is no other choice but to struggle
For in this mêlée I discover my inner power,
And that you can never capture or slay...

Catherine MacDonald (c) February 2005