Crippling fear

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Four closed walls,

A high ceiling.

A metal door,

With no ending. 

She looks aghast, 

Eyes flickering.

Searching an escape,

Feels everything crumbling. 


Unaware how she got here,

Why does it feel like a nightmare?


Heavy steps,

Midway tripping.

Getting up,

With her knees bleeding. 

With no care, 

Haphazardly moving. 

With the want to escape, 

Her veins are buzzing.


Unaware how she got here,

Why does it feel like a nightmare?


With every step,

The time is ticking. 

With feeble hands,

Her fists are banging. 

Sore throat,

Yet she's screaming.

With crippling panic,

Her ears are ringing.


Unaware how she got here,

Why it feels like a nightmare?


She looks back,

The spooky walls,

The pitch black corridors,

The dark, murky depths,

The never-ending trails.

The eerie creepy feels,

The silent hushed noises.


Unaware how she got here,

Why it feels like a nightmare?


Her heart,   throbbing. 

Her palms,  sweating.

Her brain,    freezing. 

Her soul,      shaking.

She can feel,

The bile rising. 

Her nerves,

Slow the pumping. 


Unaware how she got here,

Why it feels like a nightmare?


Her insides sink

Her eyes release

The unleashed barriers

In form of rivers of tears.

They feel scalding 

On her cold skin

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