Darkness engulfs me,
obliterating day and night.
My darkness eternal,
engulfing my spirit in despair.
The walls that separate me unyielding, unmovable.
Frustration and despair rises like a storm.
My life work unrecognised,
I am powerless,
unable to prevent the catastrophe,
that is the future.
I sink defeated, my zeal drained.
I have blood on my hands,
testament to the fight endured.
A fight resulting in gains of less than nothing.
So I listen to the silence…
…I hear it as clear as day.
I have become that which I condemn?
Truth untempered by compassion is no truth at all.
