Nerves
Are swallowed
With constant agony

The searing quiver
That ripples
Through silent bones

Upon dormant skin
The affliction scales
Upward bound
Toward bustling concern

Nerves
Are frayed
By a shadow of worry

The beads of unrest
The quiet scorn of thirst

Havoc travels
Swift and unswerving
Claiming the wreckage
Of a lumbering fool

Frail bones wither
Cascading
Freely

The awaiting free fall
Into midnight’s refuge

Tremors calm
As mayhem slips away
A dwindling echo
A skeletal horror