Own the night

It starts as a pain
and grows within your body
it holds you to it
and suffocates your soul
others can see it in your eyes
smell it on your skin
a reflection shows
the terror thats growing within
you can see the change
happing right before your eyes
nothing can stop it
would you ever want it to
of course not
the pain becomes electricity
through your body
seething in your blood stream
griping you closer with each night
you learn to deal with it
to handle the change
every night a piece of you will give
in death you will live
and with time
you will own the night