Where am I?

Where am I?
Why am I here?
What am I?
I am gone
Gone from the noise of of talking people
Gone from the honking cars and busy streets
Gone from the animals that chirp and meow and croak
I can only see darkness all around
Am I blind?
No, I am not
I can see myself
I am fading, fading, away
The darkness around me is swallowing me up
I am gone
I am no more
But I can move
Now I am walking getting faster and faster
I am being chased
Yet no-one is behind me
I am being chased by darkness
It wants me to give it my energy so it can become stronger
No, I will not be part of it
I will not be another victim for it
I will escape to where I belong
In the real world
I will run forever if I have to
But darkness will not take me away from the noise and color on Earth
I will not become somebody's shadow
I will not be the shade of a tree
I will not ever bow down to darkness or be it's slave


Wait, the light it is ahead of me!
It's getting brighter and brighter
I feel dizzy, will I make it?
I have to
I will not give up not now and not ever


I need more light I need the sun and it's warmth
I am so cold.
Darkness is trying to freeze me then get me
My bones are ice cubes
I am like a snowman
I will make it
Everything goes black
The last thing I feel before I faint is bitter cold
The last thing I hear before I faint is darkness yelling, nooooo!


I wake up
Darkness is gone
I am in my backyard
I am not a shadow
I am not a shade of a tree
I am myself
I see color
I hear the sound of barking dogs
I hear the sound of cars and people talking
I hear the birds chirp
I am home!