Entombed
Spelunking in an uncharted cave,
the earth shakes;
my flashlight shuts down
and I feel my way
through a tactile ebony darkness.
A chill seeps into my bones;
sending a shiver up my spine
as scary thoughts occupy my mind.
And an emptiness
hollows out my soul,
cutting, my anchor line to reality.
Fear drips from my pores;
pooling in my heart
where hope drowns.
Feeling forsaken,
and abandoned to my fate;
solitude is oppressive and all-consuming.
I'm trapped; entombed in the bowels
of a collapsed cave,
and my heart cries out
for the faintest glimmer of light.
Plagued by fear and anxieties
I sense evil lurking
in the ebon shadows;
instantly paralyzing reason.
And I feel strangled;
as an oppressive blackness,
chokes me; leaving me gasping,
while I slowly run out of air.
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