Sitting in the darkness br Paying the price of dissipation br Dried blood lacing the back br Of his hand, his cheek, his neck br Open eyes looking up at a br Bleak ceiling; emptiness br In their pathetic depts.. br Shadows pass in their sphere br Reminiscent br Of the past br The tears come again…. br And with them comes the pain. br The sharp stinging pain br Which threatens to suffocate br Threatens to pry out his soul; br He gasps br Claws at his unrelenting ribcage br Tries to stand up br Falls … br Claws in painful anguish at the cold floor br Desperate for that one precious gasp of air. br Robbed even of a last breath br he can feel the darkness closing in br Gathering him to itself br Mercifully br Rapidly br Permanently.