Once Upon A Time

1. And I Was Running

I look around to see,

Where I am,

The blackness is the only thing surrounding me.

Somehow I know,

In a dark tunnel is where I stand,

I was terrified,

I needed to flee.

A faint light illuminated,

I felt it drawing me close,

It was the magnet and I was the needle,

Took my first step, then the second.

I needed to reach for it,

It was my escape,

I had had enough,

From the cruelty and loneliness,

I couldn't quit,

The end is my new beginning.

And I was running,

Everything was in slow motion,

The light grew farther and farther,

I couldn't fathom,

Why did I seem frozen.

I could hear my hard breathing,

My rapid heartbeats,

Cold sweat trickled down my forehead,

Vision blurring, room spinning,

Walls getting tighter,

That's when I knew.

They wanted me to stay,

To live in my own misery,

To be tortured,

I feel the pain,

They feel the pleasure,

I was their source of satisfaction.

The light was getting closer,

A spark in my heart,

Hope building up,

And I was running,

"Finally"ㅡI thought,

A brand new start.

Spoke too soon,

It was sudden,

A knife in my chest,

I was stopped,

Ropes circling around my legs,

Pulling me back.

They say it's safer here,

In the darkness,

I didn't believe,

Willing to move forward,

To the bright light,

To my getaway.

I struggled against the deathly grip,

Crying blood,

Determined to reach the end,

Only a few feet away,

I reach out,

So I can be pulled out,

To finally be free.

Then I see,

Everything,

Then I hear,

Everything,

Then I feel,

Nothing.

The ones who used me,

The ones who backstabbed me,

They were standing there,

Looking down at me,

The ones who killed me.

The harshness in their sinister eyes,

The mockery in their smirks,

The cruelty in their laughter,

The distaste in their whispers.

The emotions were overwhelming,

Torturous,

Feeling like I've been ripped to shreads,

Thrown to the side,

I was a worthless piece of shit,

I was inferior to them,

Valueless.

It hit me,

A bullet to the back,

There's no escape,

No way out,

No new beginning,

It was all fake,

An illusion,

I had hoped,

Once again,

It came crashing down,

Broken glass falling to the ground,

Blood pooring from my wounds.

And I was running,

Back to the darkness,

The nothingness,

My safe haven.

And I was running,

To the deathly silence

My home,

They were right,

This is where I truly belong,

No where else.

I vanished in the dark,

Closing my eyes,

I fell to a deep slumber,

And I was running,

To my natural habitat,

"I'm home",

And I could not be awoken.