Cerebral Degeneration

You stand and watch, powerless
Desperately wishing to help
As the one you hold close thrashes about
Knowing their mind will unavoidably melt
Unsafe to themselves
Unsafe to all those around
The past impales and tightens its claws
The future lets the open wounds bleed
The inner walls of the skull close in
Exhaustive mental implosion begins
Indescribable terror completely consumes
Staring straight into wordless doom
Removed from everyone
And everything they know
You stand and watch, powerless
Desperately wishing to help
Wide eyes stare out
Yet consciousness is hollowed
Void, black, lost, go