Creeping obscure

Surreptitiously vile

A shadow of bile

Taking me to slaughter

Crushing my head

In pestle and mortar

Mental mutilation

Heart in a vice

Brain sliced

Rumination poised at the brink

Disaster choking emotion

Intent unspoken

Torture sick and profane

Inane

Mindless abyss

Barren and void

Shadow traveler is driving me insane

Shadow companion

Leaves me abandoned

Lonely and stranded

Remanded disbanded

And branded

A loser

Shadow traveler controlling my ride

Destroying my pride

Ripping out segments of my esteem

My dreams

Hidden destroyer

Paranoia

Scraping the insides of my mind

Leaving me blind

Can never escape your shadow

Or what’s hidden behind