You Fail Me Poem by Alex Gomez

I’m placed upon a cold and lonely shore
The melancholy edges of the Earth
And only darkness brews within its core
I fall into the chasm of rebirth
My hope and light become a heartless lie
A cloud of black surmounts my will to breathe
As unrelenting chaos does revive
The spite of which no man could dare to sheathe
I tread along the sludgy pits of tar
Comprised of past regrets which lurk within
They screech the harshest words and lash my scars
Then hollow out what lies beneath the skin
And once I am disposed to but a shell
Again I scramble back to walk through Hell.