I am in a room
There is no light
Only darkness
What is in ー the room ー is unknown
All that is known
Is that it's all I remember.
This dark, dark room
There is some shuffling about every once in a while ー
From what, I do not know
Some murmurs, some quarls
A gust of wind chilling the foul air
A
Sheet.
No, that's not the word.
A
Curtain
Set aglow, something shining behind it.
A white curtain
Seemingly glowing.
Quite peculiar.
The light
Faded behind the sheet of white
Spills into the room
Like water down a mountain.
Now it is clear
This was never a room.
This is a cage.
The curtains ー they hang over steel bars
A window
With no pane, no protection
To keep the cold winter air out.
The gray floor
The gray walls
The concrete box I'm in
Is covered with blood
The only splash of color
In this little box of mine.
The door
Much too thick than needed
With a thousand locks to keep me in
And no key in sight
The darkness was better than this
It was better
When I could not see to see
It was better
When there was no unbreakable door
What is this light?
Why must it come to me?
Go bother someone else
Go be a fairy somewhere else
I like this little box of mine
I don't want things to change.
This box is all I've ever known
I need more sheets
To cover up that little light
Tapping on my broken window.
I spot a corner covered in red
Calling out to me.
If I can't keep my room the same
This corner will have to do.
This foul-smelling corner
Will be the only thing
I can call mine.
I can not extinguish the light
So I'll just have to block it out
But the light just gets brighter
My heart beats faster
Why won't it go away?
It's been so long
I've been sitting here
Alone
For three long years
Trying to block out the light
What even is a year?
It's all just one big muddle of blackness.
Maybe I should give that light a chance.
It has never done any harm
It has never left me.
…
It has never left me
Alone
Maybe I could ask it
“Hey
Little light of mine
Why are you still here?
Why
Have you never left me
Alone?”
Maybe it knows
How to break through those locks
Sealing the door shut.
So I gather my courage ー
Push myself to my feet.
With light tapping on the concrete floor
I walk over to the curtains,
Taking the sheets in my hands.
Soft, harmless sheets
Blocking out the light.
I fling them open,
The ray of light rushing in
Like an old friend
Wrapping around me in a hug.
It's so blindingly bright
So beautifully white and blue.
The light is behind the steel bar window,
Flickering about with such energy.
My heart yearns to join it ー
That freely dancing sunshine
But I am on the other side
Peering out through cold
Bloodstained bars.
Once my eyes adjust
The view behind the light
Can finally be seen
A grassy field with towering trees
Flowers swaying in the wind.
It felt like winter inside my little box
But out there it's summer
When life flourishes
When it thrives
While I'm stuck in here
Unable to spread my wings and fly
What have I been doing all these years?
Why was I so scared?
This light never threatened me
It only wanted to lead
Show me a better life
So that I may flourish too.
I cling onto the metal bars
Tugging with all my might
But no matter how hard I try
The steel bars remain standing strong
It's not until I realize the little light was not a light
But something so much more
That blinding brightness
Can shine in me
And shine
I will try.
This explosion of white light inside
Puts a hand on my shoulder
Offering me the strength
The strength to break through my cage.
The room around me crumbles
Nothing more than specks of dust
The warm summer air engulfs me
The sweet smell of life surrounding
I can finally be at rest
Living with the little light inside me
Thriving and learning how to fly
But that paradise swiftly falls away
As the hands of darkness grasp my legs
And pull me back away
I dig at the luscious green grass, the dirt
Struggling to maintain my freedom
The little light grabs my wrists to help
To save me
But two strong forces pulling opposite ways
End up tearing me apart
The room full of darkness rebuilding itself
Blood splattering on the walls and floor as I'm torn
All the light I feared in the beginning
Fades away as my eyes grow heavy
And darkness consumes my being.
There is nothing now.
Those curtains left shut once again.
…
I am in a room
There is no light
Only darkness
What is in ー the room ー is unknown
All that is known
Is that it's all I remember.