I strolled down the empty lane The moon shadowing the path ahead I watched the darkness and the rain. Loneliness whispering in my head. The darkness consumed everything The rain drops drowned the world beside And i continued to walk Alone, under the dark sky Alone I thought, my present, my past My sorrow, my misery, closing in alas Alone, betrayed, a cursed outcast Just working each day till my very last The empty streets stretched cold and vast Each step I took felt like my last. I reached my home, unlocked the hatch And stood in silence, my heart detached. For, tonight the room gazed back at me eerily With a silence both horrifying and deafening Reminding me of laughter that once filled its space It stood now with eyes cold, remorse, staring The night grew darker as I got lost in my mind "Am I just a name, forgotten, left behind? If I, today, take my final breath Will anyone mourn my silent death?" And I fell into the deep dark abyss Of thoughts, memories and broken dreams Led a life forsaken, gone amiss. Whilst I silenced my internal screams. The storm outside howled no less The sky, a shade of blackend haze As I sat in utter darkness Reliving my life with tears ablaze The bottle beside fell under my glance And taunted my life, my lonely stance Drew me closer and lured me in Promising, whispering a peaceful sin Slowly i succumbed to my buried desires Took the needle, no hope inside. Stared ahead as I felt the fires Of euphoric joy coursing inside And a sudden thought went through my mind A choice to save me cruel yet kind And a sudden shock went down my spine The need and feel to end the night What good is wealth? What good is power? They couldn't bring my brightest hour. My joy has faded through the years, No reason left to dry my tears. For it didn't matter whether I lived or died Happiness left me long behind So why wait till the end of time When I could end it all tonight With trembling hands and tearful eyes I took it all in, no more goodbyes, And in the distance, soft yet clear, My mother's call rang in my ear. I ran to her as I had once before, Falling into her arms once more. I crumbled beneath the darkened skies. As Death gazed down with empty eyes.