31/07/2022
I speak. I am not heard.
My best shout is a whisper, within my head.
I cry out. I cry in. The void stands motionless.
It stares into me. Darkness fills my sight.
I run. I cannot move.
I flee, but nowhere beckons.
Sludge surrounds me. Quicksand slows my heart.
I cannot speak. I cannot breathe. Not in, nor out.
Riches, knowledge, sacrifice, work.
Youth. Health. Time. Offered away in a blink.
But I speak. I am not heard.
Sludge surrounds me. Quicksand slows my heart.
Failure beckons from behind.
I run. I speak. I sacrifice all I am.
I speak. I am not heard. Not yet. Never yet.
I speak. I run. I sacrifice all I am.
Behind me, darkness beckons.
I still speak. I still run. I still sacrifice all I am.
Behind me, darkness beckons.
Void behind - Prose by Marc Evan Aupiais