Had I known I was ill, or perhaps on the verge

Then insanity might not have eclipsed me.

So I suffer in agony and plead to be saved,

But I am afraid I am drifting away.

Indeed, it was I who vowed damnation

And thrust myself through flames of hell.

Hence, the time has come for me to explain

How my soul and mind I have lost.

It began that fateful night while running about,

When I became reborn.

I set foot on the roof, leaned over the parapet.

The world was finally mine.

Then once my body was lit, and my mind astir,

An epic adventure unfolded:

Trees performed virtuosically

As wind struck leaves like a symphony.

I saw a river embrace the Sun and her rays

And watched as it abounded with crystals.

The people I joined and the women I courted

Worshipped me, during my stay.

As haze thickened, it descended upon me,

Everyone else had vanished.

Twilight foretold, the blackness ahead  

As I prayed I had not been lost.

But your world was afar

And my mind strayed away

As demons reigned in my head.

I reveled in hell and delighted in darkness

While romantics touched my heart.

But the evil demanded my mind and soul,

Their sounds in my head carry on.

I fell to my knees, a knife lunged in my chest;

My Critic gamboled about.

Now I linger in twilight day and again

With hopes of reclaiming my mind.

Had I known I was ill, or perhaps on the verge,

Then insanity might not have eclipsed me.

Yet the time shall come

When my mind finds peace

And frees me from all damnation.