You
felt
yourself
sinking
further
&
further
into the darkness.
Weightless,
yet
weighed
d
o
w
n
by the sorrows you harboured deep within your overwhelmed soul.
Suspended in the obsidian gloom, you feared you may never know happiness again.
Unable to recall the last time you had smiled, you resigned yourself to your newfound future, born from self-loathing and impenetrable sadness.
Or
so
you
thought.
You didn't believe him at first but hey, what did you have to lose?