I look death in the eye, <br />and see the cold stare. <br />A smile and grin, <br />I return the glare. <br /> <br />You've come for me, <br />as I lay on the floor. <br />shaking and gasping <br />the holliest of wars. <br /> <br />Pointing a boney finger, <br />you say its my turn. <br />torture and torment, <br />my soul will burn. <br /> <br />I will walk with the demons, <br />and dance with my pain. <br />damned to an eternity <br />of waiting in vane. <br /> <br />This is the wish <br />its deaths only desire. <br />To see me consumed, <br />by hell's lonely fire. <br /> <br />I embrace my decision, <br />and walk for this land. <br />Let go of my life <br />watch it blow with the sand. <br /> <br />The cries are so loud <br />echoing in my mind. <br />but there's no turning back <br />i've left it behind. <br /> <br />Thousands of shadows <br />all ripping at me <br />shredding my skin <br />leaving me to bleed <br /> <br />I cry out to them all <br />knowing my fears, <br />that my cries in the fire <br />are fallin on deaf ears <br /> <br />So this is the place <br />all alone in my cell. <br />Welcome to my home <br />my life, no, my hell.<br /><br />alan ellis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/screaming-within/
