Darkest Fear

I wake to see a wall Made of matter so bright That it's pitch black First I see the gray wisps Floating and hovering above the mass Then I see the arms They are red They pull away from the dark mass The dark mass that is it's body And they reach The arms grab all they can Pulling everything into the hazy black Consuming all Stepping closer, I am confronted I do not run Overcome with fear Then I understand First I smell it The smell of meat On a barbeque Roasting in a fire Then I see it The bodies of people Scattered across the floor of my room How did I not notice this? Instead of running I try to stand But I am already too weak And I sink to my knees Fear is up Terror is down Fear is right Terror is left Fear is inside And terror is outside I know I can not escape this fate So I wonder how How did this black haze get such strength? It started off small Growing bigger with each person Every victim it killed They each were scared Fueling it Until they burned in the fire Causing their fear to go into the air Then spreading like a disease Catching me I caught it I got sick Sick with fear But I have to admire This haze's fury It goes on without end Ambitious to get us all And it does It will Eventually Then I realize something If I run from my fear I will run forever Never getting away to a safe place Then I develop a new emotion Curiosity I want to learn more about this So I put my hand in my bed Using all the support I can get And I stand I hear a soft hissing As I know it is talking I just don't understand yet I want to learn this language Leaning in, the hiss and sizzle Become clearer Louder and louder Beginning to make sense The arms reach out again This time they come for me They grab me They start to pull I am tempted to resist To get away But I know the others The dead cowards They tried to run And just look where they are now So I decide I will be different I want to be a first So when the wisps lick my ankles I jump Right into the black mass Into the arms They hug me I feel the warmth The fire is bright now And I understand it The fire wants me I let it have me And then I burn, too. I wake to see a wall Made of matter so bright That it's pitch black I recognize this And now I understand I have to run.