The Brink Of Insanity

Your obsessed mind
Hooks upon a notion
Fervently
And will not let go
Stubbornly
Cruelly
It terrorises you
But you do not even realise
How it has consumed you
Filled your every conscious thought
Haunted your every waking hour
Even in sleep
It creeps into your dreams
Stealthily
And paints beautiful fantasies
Tempts you
Goads you
And thereafter leave you
Fitful
Bereft
Lost
And waking up
Even more driven
But trapped in a reality
That you cannot break free
It wrecks you
And it alarms you
That no one can help you
As long as
Your mind refuses to loosen its grip
And the notion lives in you
You risk being tossed helplessly into the abyss
Where there is no turning back

The brink of insanity
That must have been what it feels like