Darkness and Time Shatters You All the Time

It seems like it's all for nothing,
as I do my best to hang on to this crazy ride,
I pray and pray with all my heart
to just mean something to you with this crazy art.

My heart is just the last defense,
that tries to out live the darkness.
It sweeps in the corner of my vision
looking to destroy my very foundation.

So many times it's nearly succeded,
the white scars have all but receeded.
As the shadows hate that those little white lines
are all that remain of a perilous time.

I thought this darkness to have given up and gone home
but that was foolish thinking I know,
for it just stalled and waited for me to lower my guard,
to tear me all apart.

I do not yet know
if my heart can resist
but my mind has turned to dismay
as my heart battles the darkness away.