Phantom Fear

Shifting away from a misguided mystery

that slips across and wraps a knot

from me through all of you.

In the bottom it keeps killing me,

shadow after shadow,

 through and through.

I step away,

I move away,

shy away Fear,

clear  away

Phantom.

I understand you’re timeless;

your unforeseen destitute

withers me down,

limiting the efforts I so seek

that shifts from You to me -to You.

The Reaper’ only makes one stop

but you keep

killing me through and through.

Step away,

 move away,

shy away Fear’

move away

Phantom’.

The revelation is that I

 don’t have to feel this way anymore.

Filtering out this stoic submission

to look straight through to

the ghost inside of you

that keeps

killing me through and through.

Cornered by a mirror,

I recognize your face

in this courageous moment

realizing

that this heart is not afraid

to stop the Thing

inside that

kills me through and through.

I got to get away,

get away,

from this typical Beast

and Its nature

that jumps from You to me- to You,

to the bottom it keeps killing us,

time after time,

 through and through.

One more chance

to recreate.

Open wings

Fly from Fear

Die away Phantom

Remove yourself from here…

Lance M. Stephens…on