As the depression begins to announce it is advancing to claim me, I feel like I am just drifting.

And I suspect IT knows that. IT always does and uses it as ITS way in. The thing is, I haven't had this encounter with IT for quite some time, and I don't know exactly what has triggered it. I'm still hoping (against hope) that I can somehow push it off its track, headed for me. I feel like this is going to be a precision collision though.