The darkness hangs
Pulling the life
Out of my body

It's been dark for days now
I'm drowning in it
Eternally deep and horribly thick
Seeming to be an entity
In itself
Crawling into my pores
To match the beat of my heart
To meld with my blood
Making its way to my soul
Hoping
In the end
To put a stop
To me
Being me
Making me a link in the dark
An endless prelude to
Unspeakable creations
Not of God's hands
Reaching up from the deep

I'm too afraid to look down
To see what's really there
Eagerly grabbing my legs
Longing to pull me down
No longer able to keep my head afloat
In can hear them laughing
Making towering waves
Crash down
Where my head once was

After a lifetime of being pulled
Nearly ripped apart
I
Am
Released
Now completely surrounded
By the dark
Left all alone
To make a decision
To stay solitary with
To stare into the darkness
Inside and out
Or to let go
Falling forever
Eventually meeting
The terrors that love me
And hate me
And made it so
I am not me

And wait
For the laughter to come
And grope for a leg
Of my own