I lay my head down, drifting away.

Waves of silence crashing over me.

Tossing, turning, gasping under my sheets.

A barrage of thoughts

collides with my pillow.

Shattering

Slipping

Sinking profoundly.

And my dreams make shadows of the pieces.

Submerged in this hell, I lose my way.

A surge of gloom billows over me.

Twisting, turning, writhing in this misery.

My dreams fading quickly,

then completely.

Searching

Suffering

Struggling sightlessly.

My heart, companion with darkness.

On the shores of devastation, I stay.

Decay becomes my company.

Resigning, retreating, surrendering to fear.

My heart frigid.

Its beat frozen.

Strangled

Smothered

Suffocated completely.

My soul collapses in defeat.

Where are the words

that made me dream?

Where are the lullabies

that saturated my heart?

Where are the eyes

that soothed my soul?