The Well of Tears and Despair

Blackness spirals, looming large Threatening my very life A whirlpool of inky black The rages on in the night Sucking at my spirit fast Trying hard to pull me down It wants to swallow me whole To consume my very soul A sound of a thousand wails Spinning around in torment Eminates from this black thing A concophony of pain I cannot hold myself long On the edge of this abyss My fingers are slick with red Before long I’ll surely fall To become a part of it This dreaded apparition The well of tears and despair Now trapped forever within