IT

The darkness comes across and wraps around me 

Suffocating me and breaking my bones 

Shivers run down my spine

IT grasps me so tightly

and I try to respire

My instinct tells me to fight 

But I let IT consume me 

Let IT spread across my body and mark me 

I can’t breathe 

I can't focus

I chose not to fight  

I do not gasp for air 

And I do not care

I hear some voices around me telling me to come back 

But I just stand there and let IT caress me 

My vision starts to blur 

All I see is IT

I clench at my chest 

My heart races as I feel IT invade my body

tightening the hold on me 

IT has grown into a penumbra 

As IT devours me whole 

And we become one