the deadliest of all of them

It haunts you, day and night; fatigue days and sleepless nights await. Gripping your heart, your soul, your entire body, in a matter of seconds until you are suffocating for a breath of air. No, it doesn't lurk silently in the dark under your bed or behind your door - oh no! - it pounces on you like a predator hungrily devouring its prey and imprinting its mark on your entire existence. Tears poisoned with fear pour endlessly out of your eyes until there's none of you left anymore. Because it has taken over you; your entire existence. It's the most deadliest, merciless, deadening ghost. It's cancer. And time is ticking...