Nemesis:

Reflections on angst and transcendence

Nemesis - an art work and poem by T Newfields
I'm a darkness that remains unnamed,
and all the anger you try to contain.

I am the bright visions you never claimed,
and the noble aspirations you were too lazy to attain.

I'm the face of better selves that you could have been,
and none of them that you can concede.

I'm the cobwebs covering your past,
and many countless spiders obscuring your future hopes.

I pursue you til you recognise the vast life beyond your myopic ego,
and rejoice as nightmares chip away at your illusions.

Until you forsake trying small whims to sate,
suffering and death shall be thy mates.