Shell

Why does the darkness come,

Thoughts often but not for some,

Brandish daggers violent one,

Dripping poison silence stun,

Looming over dank enclosure,

Gaping wide infest exposure,

Wounds salted evil called it,

Transform detest the norm,

Lake submerge ridden dirge,

Locked away hidden dismay,

Resurface for air to compare,

Current swift yet life bare,

Swept under fear encumber,

Lucid dream reveal in slumber,

Awaken epiphany cast so skillfully,

Anvil struck metal found corrupt,

Porous and brittle unholy riddle,

Defer to other relieve uncover,

Blanket is torn far too worn,

Somehow damp left warmth bereft,

Open this door to learn more,

Keep it closed to ignore,

For if it's shut you'll fail to grow,

Shackled potential to never know,

Idle and lost with nothing to show,

Huddle in shell a tale of woe