Lonely

I'm lonely.

So lonely and so scared

of the darkness

that falls on me.

Every moment that passes me by

is empty.

I feel nothing,

I am nothing,

and I belong nowhere.

The intensity of my fear

is suffocating me

to the point where

it is all I can do to survive.

But even this is too much

and I pray for my release.

But why pray if nobody listens?

Why speak if nobody hears?

Why do anything

to fight the devil

that thrives on my pain.

He lives within me

refusing to loosen his fatal clutch.

It is the ultimatum- me or him.

But he is stronger-

He has claimed me for himself,

and I am lost...