The minds trap

As you sit alone in the silence
Your mind atrophies. 
The voices consume sanity
Transforming fleeting moments into nightmares. 
The light of hope and friends fades away as the darkness takes hold. 
Your eyes blurry with escaped tears  You scream for the torment to stop.
You beg for someone to notice the hole you fell into
You can’t ask for help, the prison you’ve built is impenetrable.  
You start planning the bridges you will burn as the chanting array of voices slowly turn you insane. 
The last ray of light fades as you decide this is it, this is my life now. 
Darkness and misery
Torment and anguish 
Every now and then someone reaches down and gives you a night light 
A temporary solution with no spare batteries 
You shut down and deny yourself pleasure 
You start to enjoy the chanting negativity
Relishing in delusion the voices are your only friends 
Screaming their hate you’ve learned to accept as love with every sharp painful word