In Darkness

In Darkness

 

In darkness hangs my weary head

Heavy with the pain

Of love and loss, life and death

And overwhelming shame.

 

Every thought turns to white

An empty space in time

A nothingness to fill my head

To keep it hanging down.

 

I need to speak but no-one hears

The cry I'm screaming out

Silently, I make my noise

Darkness heeds my shout

 

I wonder if I'm drowning

If dark can have that power

And if the night will leave

Or stay forever now

 

I close my eyes and hold my head

The darkness drawing in

Tighter, closer, I feel it now

It's ready to begin

 

It sears my flesh, and drags me down

My knees have given in

I hit the ground, the dark grows loud

As I suffer for my sin

 

There is no pause, no rest, no peace

No when, or why, or how.

Nothing left but sleep to take.

The darkness has me now