I am surrounded by darkness 
It is not the dark matter sort of total darkness 
This darkness is thick 
Oppressive 
Gluey 
Permeating 
Diffusing through substance 
Unavoidable 
Monotonous 
Inescapable 
It’s my own self 

Surrounded, surrounded by darkness, an illustration by Gustave Doré
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