There’s that dream in you,

Living rent-free inside your head

It loans you energy and adrenaline

Then it drains you dry, taking interest

It dares to say it loves you madly

Yet it constantly hurts you in every way

Plotting, scheming, navigating through its labyrinth

Commanding your undivided attention, without a problem

Breathes into you the reason to live, and the by-product of anxiety

An almost toxic but enticing atmosphere

It makes your body shiver, your lips quiver

It’s a sequence of triumphs and failures, as vivid as a movie

It gives you a reason to live, and yet it scares you

It tries to keep you going, sometimes it breaks you down

Deep down you know, if you kill it, it’ll haunt you forever

Morphing into a spirit of regret and anguish

It needs you to keep going, hold on ’til you fulfill

But for how long will you keep going?