Trapped

 

I didn’t know where I was,

Darkness pressed against my eyes.

“Hello! Anyone there?” I cried,

But only my own echo replied.

The air was heavy, walls too near,

I felt the weight of silent fear.

I clawed the stone, I tore my skin,

Yet no door opened, no light came in.

I tried to move, my strength was gone,

Despair consumed, I fell alone.

For a moment, time stood still,

My heart was quiet, against its will.

I asked myself why life’s so cruel,

Why hope must play a twisted rule.

Still, somewhere deep, a flicker stayed,

A fragile spark that would not fade.

I rose again with trembling breath,

Defying shadows, denying death.

Though bound by walls, though tightly sealed,

Inside my soul, a light revealed.

Trapped I was, but not undone,

The fight within,  had just begun.

                                                    -by keagile