//------------------------------// // Terror and Tumult at Twilight [Dark] // Story: Premiere of Pony Poetry: an Amateur Anthology // by The Bromeister //------------------------------// Drowning in Confusion Combating Demonic Illusions Fighting for a breath These monsters crave Death My cognitive defenses Assaulted by the Dark Horde Thrashing my senses I'm struck to my core Razor talons sundering mental Flesh More Ghouls I await Their Bloodlust to sate Agony of my Hell is fresh Why am I Alone Where are my Friends Why can't I go Home Is there no way back How do I defend Against that which I don't understand Is there a path to retrace A bridge I can mend My mind stolen by a Thief My heart eviscerated My guts in acid liquified My fractured soul is Burning I try to contain the pieces They glide past my grasp There's constant Confusion I'm lost in a sea of grief My old bones grow cold Purgatory's expanse lies ahead Frosted irons unwillingly drag me In Fatal Finality to the Demons I've capitulated Darkness surrounds Thoughts are fleeting My awareness fades Now I realize, I have died My life and loves dissolved Identity fractured What I've lived, Loved, and Lost To have returned is all that I'm yearning