Another endless day,
I sit here, helpless, hopeless,
In abject misery and dismay.

Mind in turmoil, never a moment of rest,
lonely, my endurance and sanity, each day put to the test..

Dark swirling waters,
around me they flow.
cold as ice, chilling to the soul,
Drowning, drowning, caught in the undertow.

The shrieking shadows cry,
The angry visage of pain Greets me each day.
Oh how I wish I could die!
But with knife in hand, I Scream Oh! not that way.

Bleak each day dawns.
lonely here in my bed, my life is a lie.
Memories are fiery tongs.
To burn out my eyes for the future.

-Ezra Hilyer