Shadows

Did anybody notice when I fell?
When I simply wasn't there to laugh?
When my light faded?
How the tears came quick and fast?

I'm hanging by a limb,
My fingers are slipping slowly...
I can't breathe, my heart is breaking.
Can't bear the weight on my soul.

A thousand invisible swords tear my soul into ribbons,
The light is fading from my heart,
Leaving behind a fate worse than death.
The icicles hang on to my soul.

The shards cut me deeper as they fall.
The shadows envelope me in their deadly embrace,
Cutting me loose from the happy souls.
My hands reach out, catching onto the edge of sanity.

I want to let go,
fall into the comforting nothingness of death.
I don't want to feel,
I don't want to hurt.

My hands won't let go,
Won't let the shadows take me,
Won't go without a fight.

Somehow, I can hang on.
The swords cut and cut endlessly,
Making me gasp for mercy.
I can't believe I've survived this nightmare so far.

One finger slips...
Two more slip....
I can't hang on much longer.

The shadows whisper promises of oblivion,
promises of numbness,
In my ears, tempeting me.
I can't breathe through the sorrow,
I can't stay in this middle land.