A Killer dog prowls around inside my head
Where there should be relaxation there instead.
It preys upon the unsuspecting beating heart,
Its reason is only to tear me almost apart.

It growls its menacing message each time
I take myself off guard, thinking that I’m
Safe but the teeth of this animal deeply sink
into my soul as it devours what I think.

The only protection that I have found to really work
Is to face away from it, ignore it as the dog lurks
In the shadows of my mind, salivating grossness;
Keep your distance brute, I want no more closeness.

For you are rank and the stench of your pack sickens
Get far away from me! Especially as the night time thickens.
The night creates its own very black shapeless shadows.
I walk away from the predator, I will not, again, go so low.