The Darkness

Beneath the weight of endless gray,

the world is fading day by day,

a quiet ache that never seems to leave,

a sorrow carried in the breeze,

trees once green once bowed with pain,

their leaves are now shattered, gone with rain.

the sky, a cloak of heavy mist,

a silence deep, too cold to resist,

the hours crawl, each one seeming the same,

a hollow heart without a name.

hope feels distant, like a dream,

that flickers out and starts to scream.

alone, I stand in fading light,

the stars above me, too far, too bright.

and though I reach, I cannot touch, the darkness has consumed too much,

I let it grow, I let it take over,

I will never fall into the darkness again,

if you feel this way, it is okay,

you will get better, I promise you.