To the Wall
To The Wall
Computers, cell phones, mind disconnects as follows
Down in the deep, turned off, cut short
Where all signals underground have no reception
Desolate, only earth and rocks to greet us
As door opened on the lower levels chambered depth
If I remember, it was a dim green light within the field of vision
Soft and low below the turning stone and stairs
Mystery began
We followed passages of labored labyrinthine in step and style
Like two lost aliens not from this world at all
Stumbling with hand held narrow beams of light
Another door and then another blocked our progress
Smothered in dark cold caverns stretching on our way
Breaking ancient doors became a sport, so many to forget
One after another on and on the miles below the maze
Afraid, contained, a world like no other ever found
The end came humble after many hours
Sore and weary of walk and work
A thick rock confronted us
The last stop is a curiosity observed
To think about our circumstance
Ending, after all, it is just another wall that goes no further
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2015
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