The Unstoppable

She is The Unstoppable;

the one who conjures fear

in the mere breath of her name,

the one with a league of empty shells left in her wake,

hiding herself like a black hole inside our heads

and eating up our dreams,

but now she’s come for you.

She swallows your voice and steals you away

one memory at a time,

light fading from your eyes day-by-day

like a succession of tears,

each one cradling

a laugh,

a love,

a woman,

taking you beyond our reach but not beyond our love.