I opened my eyes and there was darkness.
I listened but there was silence.
And I felt and there was only sadness.
How did I get here, why have I come here?
I only looked down and fell right in.

Fell into the darkness, deep and lonely darkness.
A darkness I’ve always been curious about, a darkness that has always called for me.
I always knew where to find it; it has always been so near to me.
Near to me, drawing me closer to satisfy my curiosity.
My curiosity of the unknown, the avoided.

Avoided for so long, too long.
So I decided to look in.
To see if I could see, hear, or feel.
But I leaned so much I fell right in.
Into the deep.

And in the deep I found me.
I am the darkness which calls out to me.
I am the voice which calls out.
I avoided the darkness, the self.
I avoided the darkness in me