The weight of the dark
Is slowly suffocating me
The need for light
Is like the need for air
This feeling takes over me
And I'm driven by a force from within.

I feel like I'm drowing but
Every time I kick for the surface
Something grabs hold of me
And yanks me back down
Into the dark, murky depths of
My own mind.

The absence of light is cold
So cold, like ice, it envelopes me.
I see nothing except black but
then the black is so endless
I feel like every nightmare is lurking right
In front of my eyes.