Belly of the Beast

Closed in without a doubt Whole world turned over In this sad life nothing to tout My reactions much slower I continued to drown In the belly of my beast It kept me completely bound As it continued to feast On my life as I knew it Only a matter of time now Before it cracks the final whip If it permits, time for my final bow The decision to fight back Was not an easy one at all Because I was so far off track The reality of death made me stall The losses amounted so fast Pain brought me to a crawl How long would this last Thoughts of life without Anything ever remotely beautiful Began to loudly shout As I fought the beast became vengeful Nearly driving me off the edge insane But the last form of pain reinforced That the beast’s efforts were in vain It hurt like hell to pull completely away The withdraw delivered a lot of pain Happy to say death saved my life on this day