Delirious

Cold sweats drenched and violent whispers echoed
While shallow breaths drew the tunnel walls closer.
Fires engraved ideas on retinas
While ever present demons acted out their plans.

Lightening storms evoked the power of fear
And incense floated in the humidity of night.
Passing shadows of shimmering fairies were endured
As panic was brought on by episodes of sanity.

Mirrors talked back and statues walked
Mocking the hallucinatory inertia.
Nightmares and hopes melded into one
As neuron after neuron the lights burnt out.

The last thing heard was the silence of a world
who had nothing to cure a feverish existence.
So left alone in the cover of darkness
Delirium set in.