Falling

Falling down an endless tunnel
Of never ending total darkness
never again to feel the warmth of the sun
I have become cold
as a block of ice
Shutting out everything
and never needing anyone

And this is the price I have to pay
for never trusting in anything
that I couldn't hold in the palm of my hand 
And I have learned my lesson too late
That I have somehow erred
and now I am caught
in a never ending circle of pain
never again to regain 
what I have so foolishly squandered away
stupidly trying to gain those things
that I never really had a chance for to begin with
but that is the nature of the game
that everyone at one time or another plays
once you start, it becomes an addiction
you crave more and more of it
until you lose yourself
and realize it has taken control
and when that happens
you cease being anything  but a part of it
Like an infection
that no medicine can cure
you continue to mutate
until anything and everything is merely a blur
and nothing really matters anymore....

                               ©Copyright Don Darling Jr.
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