Balance: Dark

Darkness surrounds the recesses
Of the heart beating within me
Swirling, ebony stillness
Grapples with unseen hands
There I float
In a misty haze.
How long?
Cold numbness claims my body
Choking on faint trickles
Of conscious thought
Help me fight
I hang in the balance
Between death and life
Between dark and light
Cresting a never-ending tide
Of nothingness.