Hope flickers, dying on the horizon And felicity renders into oblivion A fantasy Frozen in time A prisoner inside my own self Locked within the walls of my own disgrace Tearslinger under my skin A fusion of pride and fear A blend of serenity and resentment The want to flee consumes me The urge to succumb eats its way Through a brawn, weakened by seclusion In my utter gloom, I glance death My seductress, my enchantress I felt life closing in on me Smothering, suffocating me 'Tis unfeasible to escape the bitterness of life I felt life closing in on me And I tasted death with delight Ne'er will I dwell