I held on to the fear
Of falling all in
As I did in the past 
Holy righteous and fierce

It became a small monster 
Eating into my gut
A muffled balloon
Fruitless womb in a rut

Dipped a toe, went ahead
Touched the pain, heard the dead
Tendrils and arteries
Oxygen slash dread

And then it was gone
That fear I had nursed
The monster is shrinking
My peace has returned 

I held on to the fear
Of falling all in
As I did in the past 
Holy righteous and fierce

It became a small monster 
Eating into my gut
A muffled balloon
Fruitless womb in a rut

Dipped a toe, went ahead
Touched the pain, heard the dead
Tendrils and arteries
Oxygen slash dread

And then it was gone
That fear I had nursed
The monster is shrinking
My peace has returned