Shed fortitude
Lassoes my dreams
As an offering to the ghouls
That plague my tired limbs

Unmoving
Quiet and carelessly scuttled
I retain their curse
Defenseless and feeble

The binds constrict
And I desperately thrash
With angst restored
Yet futile and meek

Extinguished valor
Now leeches upon reveries
Draining their exuberance
Their liveliness adrift