Monday 27 May 2013

Consumed

Trapped within the eerie bowels of the Earth you lay naked- covered in nothing more than your guilt, shame and pain. Arms stretch out to cover your bare chest and legs pulled up beneath your chin you find yourself shaking, sobbing, losing it all…

Quivering with fear, goosebumps begin to appear across your bare flesh. Hurriedly you try to rub some warmth into your arms and fail miserably. It isn’t the cold causing you to react as such; it is the voices within you. The darkness tethered yet straining against its bonds lets out a snarl. Angry, it regains its lost strength and begins to fight against your weakening resolve with renewed vigour.

And the voices… oh the voices assault your every hour. Pressing your hands tightly to your eardrums and taking in a deep breath you find yourself screaming. Throat raw from the force of the scream you find yourself trembling. The dam begins to overflow and fall apart and you sob hysterically, uncontrollably. You show no restraint.

And the voices… oh how they mock you. Tossing insults and jeering as you attempt to gain a semblance of self-control.  Their words cut through your exposed flesh as though it were paper thin. Bypassing soft tissue and bone they find your centre, the one place within you that has helped you stay sane for so long. The voices find your weakened soul.

The darkness lets out a howl of laughter… at long last he shall be freed, he shall reign terror within the caverns of your being. A shiver runs down your spine, sweat cascading down your clammy flesh. Mouth dry and eyes red with fear you try to articulate your fear, desperately clutching at some way out. The earth damp beneath your feet, insects crawling among the crevices of your body, your fear palpable…

The laughter fills your ears, echoes in every cell within your body until all that exists is the rich tenor of its glee. Your mind shatters beneath the weight of it all and you give in. With one final ounce of sanity you look up to the light so far away… so high above your head.

The darkness consumes you….

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