i know Depression

Fuck...

Here it comes

I recognize its damp smell

Sweet rot

And I know its sound

Deeply unnerving chaos

A horror movie materialized

An underground tornado approaching

Its violent, unforgiving nature hunting

A sacrificial goat bound waiting

Selfish destruction ruminating

A black hole of emptiness

A reverse cyclone

Into the Earth's core it churns

And it swallows me 

Removing all of my oxygen

And there is no light

My childhood is blackened, my future expelled

And the present is hopeless

Free-falling into an evil abyss

I try to run, but there is no grounding

And the world spins faster

But I am reduced to slow motion  

Faceless demons scratch at me

I try to climb out of their chamber

But the walls crumble and I am bleeding

I saw it clearly this time 

Its determined despondent approach

I know when it comes for me

But it is getting stronger 

Angrier and increasingly revengeful

It consumes me, regurgitating only pieces of me

And it has learned to trick me now

Hovering longer than usual this time

I thought it might pass

Perhaps excuse me this once

With an empathy founded for my pathetic state

But, no...

It wrapped its strong arms around me

Even tighter and I suffocate

And now it has me

My heart is racing and I stutter

I am so exhausted and breathless--

I feel Fear lurking in the next room

And there is no escaping

I will succumb

For the sake of survival

And because I have no other options

So I close my eyes

And wait for its grip to loosen