Diminished. The blackness consumes State of mind lingers on my demise Severed spirit leaves distaste From the picture this life paints Depths of internal anguish Drilling slowly deeper The light has faded... Fear rapidly multiplies Torn, as fear's a state of mind Tall I'll stand, cemented through these times Plague of torment, repressed to survive Forced beyond the barriers of sanity In a state of solitude You see in what seems to be clarity An exit strategy A forward means to the end. Insanity Plague of torment Tunnelled vision Beauty I cease to perceive But still I fight to be. I am On the brink of the boil we'll see The inner strength in me