shadow is my only friend
darkness is my keeper
with me ’til the coming end
praise the closing reaper
breaking ’til i’m forced to bend
curse upon the weeper
with my fate i must contend
stakes are climbing steeper
life is such i can’t amend
value sliding cheaper
unable to still pretend
sorrow growing deeper
nothing left here to attend
loiterer and creeper
into blackness i descend
i, eternal sleeper