The Pit

i stand alone here in the wasteland of my mind

the darkness comes

slow at first

swirling like black ink poured into crystal clear water

it envelops me

surrounds me

pulls me into itself

into oblivion

im falling now

to where i do not know

but if i hit the bottom of this pit at this speed...

i feel the horrible chill of death slide down my spine

then i stop

suspended in this shadow

this lightless void

i hang there

waiting

an eternity passes

then i hear it

barely audible

but its there

below me

then i see it, darker then the pitch black that i am floating in

but with eyes burning with an unnatural blue flame

claws reach for me with blinding speed

but as they reach my naked skin they stop...

wait...

not stopping,

just moving slower than my eye can detect

but feel the movement i can

as they slowly pierce my skin one cellular layer at a time

moving at a less then i millionth of a snails pace

yet every micron they move i feel

the burning unexplicable pain caused by a dull razor being pushed into the depths of me

into my soul

rending it

shredding it

liquifying it

then it lets me go

and im falling again

an empty shell

a lifeless uncontrolled mass

i see the cavern floor far below

it rushes at me with incredible speed

and just before i shatter into a billion tiny shards of myself

i awake...