spectres haunting

prismatic shadows

unseen in daylight’s glare

extend greedy talons as darkness falls

catacombs of doubt

misery’s maze to master

as midnight lasts a millennium

the abyss awaits

a gaping maw of black hatred

the rotting teeth of truth

smile

a putrid display

of hypocrisy

the mangled matrix of memory

a millstone

drowning me in depression’s downpour

lies defile innocence

sorrow’s serpents steal sanity

crawling

grovelling on shattered glass

bleeding

crying to nobody

heading for the light

that isn’t there

coughing up slugs of loneliness

climb on the crucifix

embrace the enemy

she bites deep

fulfil destiny

as she wraps me

in the silken shroud of solitude