The Darkness

Everything you know in your entire world, can be changed in less than a second.

Your whole world can disappear quicker than the subconscious reflex reaction of being burned,

And within that moment every drop of your blood is sucked from your head

through your feet and vanquished into another form of energy. You're drained.

Your heart stops its rhythmic beating for what seems like an eternity

then finally jump starts, pumping at a speed equivalent to a sprinter's racing pulse.

Your body and skin suddenly defrost from its icy-cold state of blood drainage

into flushed, red-hot sweats, as fear begins it's trance inducing dance in your mind.

Acid and bile stir swiftly in your stomach, chunks bloom and rise in your gullet

And hot fresh saliva lubricates the lining of your mouth, whilst

In contrast to your fading vision and the sensation of sinking into your self

The brain rushes ten thousand horrific scenarios across your minds eye.

To feel, in that tiny second that may change your life forever, that maybe

The one you love unconditionally may be harmed, dying, willing you to rescue them or worse

Is the single most un-empowering yet powerful, out-of-control yet controlling,

Super-slow-motion yet over-in-an-instant experience, a person can feel

In their entire Human and Spiritual existence, That moment when the light inside you

Is sucked out and we are left alone in the darkness, within the vacuum of our own inner space.