Darkness

Once again, the darkness envelopes me. Once again I am surrounded by the night. I listen in the darkness for some sign I'm not alone, but alas all I hear is my own heart beating. I try calling for help, but are the words really coming out of my mouth ? Or are they merely thoughts in my head ? I try to push the panic from my mind, but it's to no avail. My teeth are chattering from the cold, but is it really cold or merely the coldness of my own soul ? Sometimes I wonder if I'm dead, but every so often I catch the briefest glimpse of light that gives me the tiniest amount of hope. I run to try and catch the light, but it's of no use. The light was never really there. It was just a figment of my overactive imagination, or maybe it's fate toying with me. Like a cat does a mouse before killing it. Either way my despair returns. I sit in this dark room silently hoping, praying that someone finds me before it's too late. Before the darkness consumes my body and steals my soul, to use for it's own perverse pleasure. I sit hoping this is merely a bad dream that I will soon awaken from, but unfortunately this dream is all too real. I know I'm still alive,from time to time I hear voices. The sounds of laughter and children playing, so close I can almost touch them. But when I reach out for them, they vanish like the breeze. So the despair returns,my mind begins to wander and I wonder if this is purgatory and this is my punishment ? Sometimes on the very fringe of sleep I feel the lightest of touches and I awake desperately searching for the source of the touch,hoping that this nightmare is over and I've returned to the light. But once again, it's merely a figment of my overactive imagination. Once again the darkness envelopes me. Once again I am surrounded by the night. I sit here waiting for my saviour . Will you save me ?