Depths

Darkness grows inside of me,
I show nothing and I am powerless.
Becoming one of them, I cannot flee.

 

Scorned because of my naivety,
Drawn to them because of my cowardice.
Darkness grows inside of me.

 

Abandoned, lonesome, I turn ghostly,
Buried rage, unarmored, full of malice.
Becoming one of them, I cannot flee.

 

Eclipsed and jaded, I break my own frailty,
Cornered, sinking deeper into their madness.
Darkness grows inside of me.

 

I yield to them, they to me.They are my key.
In the shadows, I find my solace.
Darkness has taken over me.
Become one of them, I do not flee.

 

A Villanelle