The Abyss

Hovering just above the grade

I feel myself precariously at the edge

Teetering for a brief time

Before the cliff's berm gives way

Losing my footing on life

Backpedaling feverishly

Slipping into the abyss

The darkness swallows me whole

For a time I have no desire

To even look for the light

Almost at home here

In this pitch black of emotion

Not knowing if I'll ever surface

If I'll ever join reality again

Relentlessly overthinking

My actions and those of others

Pushing through the black veil

I've hidden behind for days

I crawl from the depths

To wallow through those that lie ahead

Hoping to find a place of peace

Wondering if I'll get there

Or if the claws of menacing bleakness

Will pull me back into nothingness