Hopelessness Desperation Mother of so many problems

Hopelessness

Desperation
Mother of so many problems
Blood rushing like a tornado through the veins
No rationale ...just running on empty
On the eerie night street, afraid of every shadow
Lurking in the alleys

To solve the problems
All means on the table
Shuffle, pick any without thinking of ramifications
Fear controlling the mind, building to climax
Nightmares lurking between the sheets
Fix, fix, fix...a drumbeat in the ears

Desperation blindfolds the human heart
No reason can squeeze in ...the door is shut
Decisions made in the unsettled judgement
A cloudy, foggy web clinging to the intellect
The splenetic feeling leading to a bad finale

by Margaret Gudkov
art by Josh Sommers