Sinister

The dark shadow beckons 

It calls insidiously from the corners 

Whispering little temptations 

Drawing me deeper into the tunnel 

So deep that the shadow that once lurks behind me 

starts to climb up around me, 

over my shoulders 

till it turns to face me 

and overwhelms me. 

I scream a wordless terror 

But my voice fails 

What's the point? 

No one can hear me now 

I'm in too deep 

No one can get me out 

The darkness does not let it's prey go easily 

Once ensnared I'm theirs 

To corrupt, to ravish, to destroy. 

So I fall, 

collapsing in a heap 

in the grimiest corner 

the world could possibly have seen 

In tears I wrap my arms around my knees 

and gently rock my broken heart to sleep 

Crying out for what I've lost 

Mourning for the hope that dims 

with each passing day the pieces shatter 

the edges pierce deeper 

my blood seeps away 

Slowly, 

I fade... 

Without a word, 

Without a goodbye... 

No one remembers 

No one cares 

No one cries...