“A Great Adversary”
By Ashley O’Hare
From memory games
to confessing feelings,
my mind is forever against me.
It floods my body with doubt
until my lungs warn me
I am about to drown.
What is it like
to answer a question
without crippling fear?
How do I silence
a monster
living within me?
There is no medicine
on the face of the Earth
that will ever work.
The only silver lining:
a fear of my shadow
proves there is light in this life.
ashleyohare 