Waiting In The Shadows

You lurk there in the shadows

Just waiting for me to have a moment of weakness

Then you pounce, shredding my crippled defenses

And reaching into the depths of my soul

Decimating me with memories of sins past

Ripping open old wounds with vicious glee

Laughing as I am crushed beneath the weight

Gloating over my misery, reveling in it

Increasing it at every opportunity

Until at last, I find it within myself to take control

again

And for a while, at least, you are conquered

But I know you are always there.....waiting

Terri Lyn Stanfield

Reulyn@aol.com

4/25/2001