The Abyss

Reminiscent of a misguided illusion, I claw my way up the walls of the abyss that I alone carved.
How could I have fallen so far?
All I once knew smolders beneath me, burning away ferociously, yet flameless.
Climbing ever slower for what seems like an eternity, I try to find a beacon, a sign to tell me more exists beyond the nothingness around me.
And though I reach blindly ahead, climbing further in hopes of finding a way out, I'm met only with more uncertainty.
I'm no closer than I was at the bottom, and I doubt if such a place as I seek still exists.
Have I been there before?
Tired and weak, I can't go on.
Is this my fate?
I look down to the ashes.
From the bottom of the abyss, a light shines, growing brighter by the second.
Though I'm afraid, I don't hesitate.
I close my eyes and let go.