Among the Ashes

Silence encompasses my body
My empty mind wanders endlessly
Drifting to impeccable places of imagination
Holding me down like an armored anchor
It’s the will to live that keeps me grounded
The desire to think thoughts of my own accord
To escape the caliginous claws of doubt and dread
I will not be buried by lies six feet under
I struggle to remain afloat above rowdy tides in a sea of restlessness
I struggle to ignore their impenetrable denouncing gazes
My lungs fight for a flood of oxygen
As I try to trek my way out
I stumble and fall deeper into a dungeon of darkness
It suffocates me
But I’ll never accept a failing fate
In the darkest day,
In the darkest night
In the atmosphere high above
In the eerie earth below
I make a solid promise to my fear-stricken self
I will control the demeaning demons that surround me
Because this is my existence and I live for myself