Black Shadow

The feeling of having an all encompassing mental illness that takes you somewhere to escape from reality.

A black shadow came to follow me, 

Follow from in front. 

I was lead by someone nasty,

Who held my hand and made me numb. 

Following was easy, 

Keeping up was like a game, 

My shadow gave me company and protected me from pain.

Everyone has a story,

A shadow to hold their hand, 

Mine came from unsolved puzzles and life experiences i’d faced, unarmed. 

One month becomes a year, 

Then years pass quickly on, 

Was I living? 

I felt like I had gone.

A black shadow came to follow me, 

Follow from in front. 

I thought this hand was safe, 

Until I woke up and I was gone.