The Mystery Box

The Mystery Box The metallic box housed four puzzled people Imprisoned two boys and two girls of undetermined age or origin Uniformed in gray attire with no insignia's or other clues They stayed as choice was not an option To reason out a plan or what to do No idea of what was going on Trapped in limbo for the moment near hysteria A black and white world of secret They looked at one another as total strangers Perhaps a military exercise of sorts was afoot Or experiment gone wrong without a warning Odd surroundings now measure out their lives No memories remained of how this happened Their accommodations consisted of an empty floor Dimensions undetermined Four walls with an opening up above Defined the absolute detention Overlooking existence beyond the room Just past the squared off rim There could be nothing out there And exposing nothing more for exploration Except an empty sky void of color The box too high to climb from No doors, no props, to reach the exit at the top Outside a mystery prevailed That caused them deeper fears Nothing stirred or moved in sky or ground Not a single thing perceived Speculations filled in their days No one remembered anything Not even names and numbers In this existential game This must be some sort of joke or prank Was this an alien world? Were they abducted? And with a lack of facts No rhyme or reason All their thinking for escape is simply reaching No one hears a thing within Not even screaming Mysteries in a box without a name, remain