staring at the ceiling,
       the walls crushing in.
       bright light faded
            and
                dark
                     tides
                        begin.

seeping from the hallway,
creeping ever closer...
no use in hiding,
dark forces once chose her.

hear the sound of the blackness,
       scratching on tiles
wishing for light,
       just..
       for..
       a..
       while...

huddled in a corner,
pathetic
and so small;
pretending not the hear
       the dark's     h o l l o w    call.

reaching for her mind,
    tentatively
         gripping.
coldness in that touch,
her conscious thought
                           slip-
                             slip-
                               slipping.

coarsing thru her mind,
the ebb,
  and
the
  flow.
the darkness consuming,
painstakingly
s l  o   w    . . .

Screaming for help,
yet only
         silence
                   remains...
trying again,
but trying
in vain.

feel the darkness -
      touching her skin.
feeling it creep,
                   creeping within.

   consuming all thought,
all power,
all will.
   eyes staring blank now;

deathly.

and still

the darkness won,
and so it would seem...
till she wakes from her dream
with a
       strangled
                 scream.