Depression.
With its craggy tooth and gaping mouth –
threatens to swallow me whole,
as the Great Fish consumed Jonah.
I am simultaneously
repulsed and paralyzed
by the slimy midnight
of its mouth.
Ever attempting to capture me.
Ever stalking my sanity.
God help me
to take up the sword,
as Saint George
slayed the dragon of old.
God, illuminate for me
the Lantern of Light
to slay the beast of
this nefarious night.
Never to gaze at its jaws again.
Never to enter its cavernous den.