Darkness envelops everything I see
The darkness is slowly taking over me
It embraces my body, caresses my skin
Stabs a dagger through my emotions that I held so deep within
I cannot feel things I have felt before
I know I should let go, but I want to have much more
The darkness slowly eats away, and cuts through to the bone
I am lying here; I'm wounded, and frightfully alone
It is darkness that picks me back up, and shades me from that light
The glare of light draws me near, but I put up a fight
For the darkness is my conqueror, I cannot break the tie
And when the darkness dies, I fear it will not ascend to sky
But if I keep it close to me, I won't suffer when I die.

--Kathryn