Sinking

Deep in the shadows of the mind
Where chains of time doth ever bind
There lies a home, a dwelling place
Where darkness reigns, and cold embrace

Bittersweet memories linger there
A beating heart that's filled with despair
A reality that's hard to face
A facade of hope, a mirage of grace

Oh, how he longs to wake from this dream
This endless cycle, this drowning stream
But whispers from within his soul
Keep him bound to this endless hole

He yearns for light, for hope, for peace
But darkness is all that he can see
And so he lingers in this place
A prisoner of his own disgrace

And thus he'll stay forevermore
A captive of his inner war
His home a prison, his mind a grave
No hope, no light, no soul to save