The Five That Came From Within

Amidst the bleakness of midwinter,
neither sun nor moon cared to dawn—
the protagonist had forgotten
the role they were meant to play.

Without witness, without light,
the dusky, brittle breezes
wove desolation through the silence.
And they came—five dark horses—
galloping not at him, but from him:

Desolation,
Disorientation,
Dilemma,
Disquiet,
Disruption—

Each hoof striking deeper
into the chambers of his mind,
until the walls between
self and chaos grew thin,
grew permeable—

and with every step,
they trampled upon
the last ember of hope
still flickering
in the quiet chambers
of his heart.

and that dark enigma
finally broke through—
the thing that had longed to come out,
as though it had been trapped
for thousands of years,
waiting for the moment
when he would forget
how to hold it back.- Akki