Cloak and Dagger

Something is there looming

Right there over my shoulder

I can feel the presence of something

Menacing

I periodically glance back

It’s dark and heavy

I imagine a cloak and a dagger 

I don’t know if it’s just watching my movements

Or hunting me

But I don’t want to fall prey

I pray to a god I don’t believe in

To keep me safe

This was once my sanctuary

Not anymore! 

At night I hide under a blanket

I hold your hand tight

To keep the gripping fear

From tearing us apart

You’re the only one here

That’s ever made any sense 

My heart is like an anchor in my chest

Pulling me down

Further towards drowning

It’s too much

Sometimes I wish the earth would stop spinning 

So I could get off

Just step off into nothing

Hang suspended

Weightless