Trapped In My Mind

I turn to face The stale air of sickened hope To watch one last time Before the shadows engulf And turn me blind, I cannot breathe The walls are closing in All around me The air so thin Nothing I can see, Loneliness The only notion I cannot cure What’s the meaning of free When this empty life I must endure, Closed eyes amongst me There is no light Darkness devours Taunts throughout the lonely night, The slow, lethargic hours Where thoughts creep Into where I lay in my bed Allows for no sleep Bitterness offered instead, Somberness carries so deep Into my vulnerable head, The light used to shine But now Stricken and unkind, Pity, the only place I am tortured, yet safe Is inside my mind