Sanctuary

In my lonely
dark
sanctuary

I can finally feel
the pain again,
taste it,
make it a part of me.

Away from
the confusion,
the demands,
the burden of life.

Just me,
my thoughts,
the pain
I inflict upon myself,
death walking next to me,
the spinning mind,
out of control,
spinning.

It cleanses me.
It returns me
to myself.

It purges the world
from me
and returns me
to the essence
of my own
being.