Comforting Darkness

Falling silently into the depths of tearful despair,

feeling so alone, broken, and hidden from joy.

My heart solemnly cries out a yearning plea,

but my voice so mute scampers away to darkness.

I hide within my pain safely surrounded in sorrow,

just a cowardly soul trembling, too afraid to escape.

Broken spirited I sadly rest upon bruised knees,

kept bound inside a never ending nightmare.

Held captive by my own sense of failing worth,

my resolve to heal is becoming withered and torn.

My shattered fingernails both bloodied and tired,

walls surrounding me are scratched, deeply stained.

Curling into a ball I face the solitude of the corner,

my back facing the a world that has been left behind.

I hear distant voices whispering a melody of peace,

but all I know is the comfort of this darkness.

-Jaime