An Obsession

Death consumes me
Though life is in my soul
I fear death and all his mysteries
I fear losing what I hold
So close to my heart

It eats away at my flesh
Not my flesh, my mind
Not my mind, my soul
It begins as a small ember
Tickling me inside
Until it grows into a fire
And then it burns
It gnaws
In the deep crevices of my brain
Until I've gone mad

Death
It screams in my face
Death
It whispers in my ear
Death
I see him everywhere
Death
Do not take away what I love
What I fear
Dear death