My heart is numb,

I cannot shout.

My mind is blank,

Beyond all doubt.

I write these words

Yet fail to express

The heavy truth

Of this distress.

I am fainting,

Barely breathing.

A sharp, relentless pain

Like the venom of a sting,

Like drifting lost at sea.

Go on, torture me

Let misery reign.

Break what is left,

Inflict more pain.

For this is hell

A plunge into the dark abyss,

To shake the hand of Hades.