Night surrounds
Bubbling like tepid waters beneath frigid winds
Reaching up 
Crossing boundaries and pulling close
It suffocates
I yearn for light, for day, for life
There is nothing
I’m trapped in my prison of black
Self imposed
Exile maintained by naught but my own need
I envy
Those who walk in day and consider not
The emptiness
Of vampires who want only the kiss of warmth
The Elusive
Waning traces of my desire as I rise with the dusk

At last
I find myself basking in the glow 
But temporary
Necessity drags me back to the darkness and again
I’m trapped
In a well of my own choosing I sink slowly
Into black
Always reaching for light I cannot hold