Midnight at the Heart of It

I need to find my way back into the light. It happened so slowly that it snuck up on me yet so quickly that it felt like a blow to the gut. How did I end up in this place, this darkness that is so damaging and all-encompassing that I don't even know which direction I came from? I feel like I'm fighting, constantly punching at what I think are walls but are really just air and space. It seems futile yet I know I can't stop. I will hit my target one of these days; I just need the sun to rise a bit.