the darkness creeps into my heart.
I'm in the deep end, my breaths far apart.
my tears seep out as the shadows dart -
I can't keep sane in the darkest of the arts.

falling down, my soul turned frail.
blackness around, my cries for help fail.
I scream, I claw, I whimper for saving.
but the wall crumble, the ceiling caving.

help me please, it's choking me.
is that a hand? will I actually be free?
it's knotted and black, worn and with claws.
this isn't a savior invoking terror raw.