My footsteps resound in the emptiness
Walking alone in this narrow hallway
Locked doors line the walls
Like rectangular decorations, clumsily adorned.
I hear shuffling of feet and whispered voices
Faceless people behind doors, making attempts
Trying to beguile, make me believe
They're not there, and i'm not me.
But their attempts call for more efforts
Or simply remove, my sensory organs
For i see beyond these closed doors
To delude me, they need to try more.
I shook my head at their folly
Like others before them, they underestimated me.
But no matter, i'm enchanted by another thing
I see a fogged window, silently inviting me.
Cool murky glass with tempting eyes staring.
I visualize throwing myself against the window
And feeling the shards of glass tickling my skin
Free falling into the darkness below
Wave goodbye to the bluff behind me.
This hallway with locked doors, surrounding me.
Glassy dark window, mysteriously alluring
One gives bloody light, the other a calm night
People behind doors, this time the choice is mine.
