Not just another walk in the park This..this one…was other-worldly Obsessive and unrelenting Vicious yet fictitious Unlike any vessel I’d consumed From the moment I saw you It took everything inside not to run Should’ve could’ve would’ve A dark and twisty rollercoaster I leaned into loss and power Tasted light and shadows How does one just go on Knowing and not wanting to The depths of wondrously quiet I may have stayed in them forever But something pulled me to the horizon I still float upon the peaks and valleys what is left of me Mirrored reality casting shadows Cackling beasts bask in my naïveté Not too far but just out of reach The hanging woman Not alive.. but surely not dead Excruciatingly empty I drift