Hopeless

[Ryan_w_r]

Waist deep in muck, and covered in grime, I sift and I forage in this dark place, my mind.
In search of what, I could not say, but I discovered and to my dismay.
An abandoned house with border up windows, a chaotic symphony, the voices rise in crescendo.
A lantern without mantel, a conductor with no baton,
Stammering through the darkness, eyelids completely drawn.
Scared and alone in this vast and echoing void,
The hope I once held, now completely destroyed.
In search of something.. Only to find black,
I am nothing, I have no reason to turn back.
Trudging through this abyss of hopelessness and squalor
Reluctantly agreeing with the voices, they're right, I have nothing to offer.
I am a marionette without master, a lantern with no mantel
I am a conductor with no baton, a sparrow without song.
All fortitude lost, here I shall stay,
Only echoing voices and black to companion me while I live out my days...