The Glare of Nowhere

Taunts and sneers

Glaring defiance

Just a hint

of

The abyss

of 

Creative stagnation

Seeds 

Planted

With the

Hope

That 

Fear's inferno

Will 

Be stirred

To a wildfire

The longer

I'm 

Confronted

Screaming starkness

 A Deafening 

Blizzard

Projecting

Desolation 

and

Soul shattered

Isolation

Defeat 

No further

Than

A breath away

Though

Offered

In

The form

of 

A shroud

of

Instantaneous 

Relief

Alluring

If not 

For the 

Insidious

Reverberating 

Laughter

Of 

a

Self satisfied

Foe 

Convinced

I 

Will 

Succumb

and 

Submit

To 

The 

Blank

Screen

R. O'Neill (December 01, 2018)