No Way Out
Slogging swampy bogs, suction at the feet
Like pushing through molasses with a spoon
No evidence of forward progress made
Mired in a morass of foul decay
Vile filth closing in on what once was
Trapped in horrid ever-present now
Who can say what tomorrow brings?
What does tomorrow even mean?
The hands of time are bound up tight
Fetid vapors rushing up
Senses overwhelmed, recoil
Oppressive, suffocating
Forward has no meaning
No option for retreat
The world is closing in
Rudderless and lost
Disoriented
Every way is down
Such heaviness
Stoops the shoulders
Buckles the knees
Despairing
Silent screams
Go unheard
Hopeless
Endless
Nightmare
No
Way
Out
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For the 2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 11 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Mark Toney
Written 07/13/2022
Copyright © Jeff Kyser | Year Posted 2022
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