Dark

Crawling this sooty route, travelling this shrivelled way

Bloodguilty, hopeless, with my own self I battle this fray.

I’ve discerned enough suffering, I was carved of violent labor

Every step I take is a cessation, a chain to my endeavour.

It feels so powerless, so uncertain, so dark when it’s light

It’s a journey isolated, the dusty road irreversibly blight.

I’ve lost sense of direction, I’m fighting my way headlong

Dragging desperately, each time I’m thrown off, cast down.

The dim starlight reflects my frantic struggle to survive

It feels like giving up each instance, save a puny hope is alive.

I’m screaming, dejected, my smile was a mutable myth

It hurts enough to break me, though just enough to live with.

                                                                                                               - яhԑȃ

It's scary what a smile can hide