The Shadow Within
Intrusive thoughts inside my head
Internal conflict while I lie in bed
Visions are getting blurry but louder
I'm getting weaker by the hour
My body feels like it’s decaying,
My hopes and dreams evaporating
Voices in my head start ringing
They sound just like the sirens singing
I know they’re deadly, lethal, fatal
I try to stray, but I’m not able
The singing slowly turns into screams
I feel a sharp pain inside my spleen
I know what I did to deserve this pain
And now I know I cannot change
The things I’ve done to incur this wrath
When I try to get up, I slowly collapse
Back to the bed in which I am laying
And my blurry vision keeps on fading
I feel like I’m at the end of my rope
There's nothing I can do nothing to help cope
And as my last words start to spray
I feel that rope begin to fray
This is what happens when I let the shadow within
Triumph over me with a horrendous win
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