Haunted

A room
This room
This chamber
This cell
Alone
Awash in nothingness
Lying here
Surrounded by the sharp edges of the dark
Softened subtly by the raging of a solitary flame
The lonely candle of a lonely woman
Staving off the coming of the night
The dying of the light
The mourning of innocence
These last few embers of hope
Flickering
Faltering
Fading
The unseen walls shift
Swell the air
And in a single heaving sigh
Damocles' sword falls
And with it, so too does the night
Am i dreaming?
I must be dreaming
This house is but a house
No monster
No creature
No God
It does not live
It does not die
It does not breathe
It only is
And yet
It sighs as i hold my breath
Echos dance around me of voices that never spoke
Even this darkness lives
It starves
It hungers for my sadness
My madness
My rage
Alone
Alone
I am alone
Am i alone?
Is this cage a belly that has devoured me whole?
Are these echos those that came before?
I am here
Am i here?
Where oh where is here?
I see nothing
I feel nothing
I am nothing
But i sense it all
This thick, murky dark drips from my skin
Their skin
Our skin
Do we have skin?
I am here
Am i here?
Where is here?
I must get out
Running blind
Running anywhere
Running everywhere
There's a door
Breathing echos wash over me like a river
Swallow me inside my own fear
Drown me in myself
My heart pounding
Or is it my fist?
Pounding against my chest
Or against the door in front of me?
War drums
Pounding
Pounding
Pounding
No more
I can take no more
The handle
Safety
Freedom
Escape
Rushing through on the current of my echos
Flailing
Gasping
Shocked
A lonely candle burning to soften the dark
The same dark
The same flame
The same room
And i am here
Haunting the stone chambers of my heart