The Door

 I wake with a start to darkness

Dark is the night as I search around me

Nothing to cling to or hold me tight 

All I hear are the screams 

I reach out searching for hope 

Nothing to feel or see

Blindly grasping and calling out for help or support

No one can hear

Nothing is here

The screams continue around me

At last the door I find

I reach out opening 

As the door opens there's nothing to see

No one can hear me


The screams surround me.

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