I use my blood for ink
Words transcribed on the page bleeding from my soul
Sacred to the shadows coursing through my veins
Consumed by emotions that feast upon me like carrion
The weight of others minds rendering me motionless
A warrior without his sword
Left  wanting for his shield
Wounded ever deeper, this heart as i fall further
This spiral turned vortex pulling me away from my firm footing
Abysmal  familiarity
Fingertips feeling the ground that i cannot see recognizing this terrain beneath them
Confined inside a mind turned cage
speakers inside bellowing taunts, torture to its occupent
Lips part to release a cry for help from lungs filled with water.
This drowning sensation overcomes the body
As the walls grow cold
Sorrow sweeps across the plains of existence as if a tidal wave striking landfall
Anchors to ankles
The light falls away from view
Searching my mind for the words once written
“ in times of darkness do not look for a light
Instead be bold enough to create your own’
My bravery, absent
There is no escape to be found from my own mind
An unforgiving territory that few have seen
Yet, none had seen there way through to its hidden garden
Planted behind walls scarred with marks from countless siege’s
Wars waged upon my place of tranquility
With no win in sight i had given myself over to the darkness that ravaged the walls
“I will return to this place when the time is right.”

-V.N.M
"an eclipse of daylight"