You creep up on me in the dark

When I'm curled and sleeping

And jolt me awake with a bang

I can't endure

You're not my friend.

You follow me to my car and just

When I am happy with my sweetheart

At lunch you karate chop my neck

And I have to leave without a word.

You're not my friend.

The play is about to begin

The lights have dimmed

The tickets were fifty dollars

I have waited so long for this night

My head explodes into god-awful pain

I wind my way outside to go home.

You're not my friend.

You came into my life when I was a youth,

So many years ago, an uninvited guest.

You lurk, waiting to pounce at any moment

With unbearable pain.

I have tried to live the good life, petting you

With good foods, medicines, all the things

You might need - but nothing pleases you.

Now I must find a way to put a

Final end to you - for you are the enemy

That lives inside me, always taunting.

You're not my friend.