She’s heavy Like an elephant on your chest She belittles you even at your best She’s the author of anxiety & the mother of your depression Regret, regression, repression She kills your vision & sets sail her mission She promises safety in knowledge Yet does only damage She bathes you in sorrow And gives life that is only borrowed She seeks you until she can finally behest Your violent arrest In the end She is the idol you regret & the thing that may lead you to repent