In the depth

Push and pull the grind is ceaseless yet I falter
Each step forward echoes back like empty chatter
Striving in the void no rise just steeper falls
Locked in a cycle where effort begets no calls

At the bottom where shadows meld with pain
I've tried and tested every path endured the strain
Yet here I stand no better than before
Trapped in this slump with my dreams unsure

Nights extend the hours blend my resolve wears thin
Action without progress feels like original sin
Bearing this burden an endless trial of the will
A Sisyphean task rolling uphill still

Pain my constant a friend too intimate
Familiar faces now estranged my efforts desolate
No breaking point just breaking down
I'm lost can't be found in this forsaken town

At the bottom where shadows meld with pain
I've tried and tested every path endured the strain
Yet here I stand no better than before
Trapped in this slump with my dreams unsure

In the depths where light fears to tread
I navigate the silence a landscape of dread
This relentless pursuit a quest to nowhere
In the grip of despair a solace stripped bare