A study in scarlet

Numb and lifeless nights
Keep bringing me twisted dreams
There's no rest for a tortured mind
And the darkness brings me no peace

Grey hordes
Of bleak days
March onward
Crushing me

I
Can't
Understand
My
Own
Nightmares

I descend to darkest depths
I crawl away from the Sun
My heartbeat slows with every step
Soon I will be forever gone

I dream of plagues
Scourging humankind
I whisper ancient names
That carve into my mind

Fear flows through me
The blackest horror
Morbid image
Of otherworldly sorrow