straying me from the path I have elected to follow
emotions controlling, the person whom once I was
inducing me back to my darker side
the part I had overcome, had left behind;
the seductress of my past, in the song of the mermaid I hear
the vampiress waiting to engulf me again
I must aspire to get back to where I have achieved
before this disturbance was felt in my impression,
this chain-effect revolt that took place in my soul
I must strive to return to where I had grown
to repossess my soul from the forces
of my history, to reinstate my being, to feel
my tiny place in the great design, to cast off
the morbid charms, and break the sorcery
that holds my fascination so intently
I must endeavor to smother the riot that
arrives within when the anger erupts.
Once I can achieve a semi-serenity
I will again be able to venture down the path
where I have not been -- evolution of the psyche...
Progress.
