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The downward arc of the sun fills me with fear

As the heavens change their hue, I dread the sight of dusk

Lengthened shadows rise from their graves to haunt the blackened hours

And I tremble as my fear is confirmed

The death of light and the birth of hell

Piercing my soul

Haunting my dreams

Visions swirl around me, crashing over me

I'm immersed in disembodied voices

Dissonant screams echo through time

Ghosts of thought drift through unconsciousness

Half-forgotten memories linger on the periphery

A delirium of fractured images

Piercing my soul

Haunting my dreams

Slick with sweat, the bed sheets cling to my body like a shroud

A sodden and tangled web of restraint

I yearn for the sweet oblivion of silent darkness

To gather me up and embrace me in its velvet folds of bliss

Burning up in a sphere of madness

Edging ever closer to insanity

Finally the black sky pales

Sunrise a vampyric onslaught

Bleeding her substance dry

Vanquishing her domain

Reanimation of the catatonic

Morning spawns a day like any other

Will terror reign again in twilight's Autumn

Only time will tell