A boy in the Dark

It's dark here, there's nothing he can see, just the sound of his heartbeat putter back and fourth.Its cold, and he's tired,he fights to keep his sanity, he takes himself to happier times in this dark, he remembers those who cared about him and those he's cared about.

 There's a slight light he can see in the distance, it seems so far away,he struggles to reach it, he crawls,and climbs his fingers bloody from grabbing at the cold ground scratching clawing, he screams out in desperation.He wants out, he can feel his soul screaming for a release for someone to help him, but no one hears him, he's all alone, always so alone.

He gets up, wipes his eyes and puts his head up, as he marches forward toward the light he can't help but feel some embrace from this dark, he's been here so long,does he want to leave? Is it this darkness he's fallen in love with? He hesitates, he lets that darkness overtake him, he wallows in it, its something he's found that's always constant in his life.

This darkness will eat him up and then he'll finally be apart of this darkness he tries so hard to run from, is this what he really wants?Maybe, maybe its easier to just give into this darkness and embrace what it has to offer, which is nothing, is this all he is worth? Nothing? He thinks to himself "No" as he marches forward toward the light, a smile comes to his face, and he realizes.

This dark will always be there, there's no running from it, he turns around and walks into it,but the more he walks into this darkness the more he can see,the more he can feel,the more he realizes this dark is also his light, he just has to look hard enough to find it within himself, its hard for the boy, he's lost so much,he's so afraid and scared,he cries himself to sleep at times realizing the burden he bears may be too much at times.

None of this falters him, he's determined now,to turn this dark into his light,he doesn't know how, he thinks of those people in his life who love him, and his heart swells and the dark doesn't seem as bad anymore, there's so much he still has to make it through but the constant light in his heart is what will guide him through all of it.