No Windows or Doors Taylor Zipperlen Grade 11
In this room, this dark empty space There is no light, no smiling face. A place so painful, a place so unknown Yet here I lie here scared and alone.
I cannot see nor can I feel what is not here For all laws of nature have disappeared Ceilings and walls, doors and floors Do not exist were the darkness pours
Why can’ t I run? Why can’ t I run? Why can’ t I finally see the shining sun?
Yet the light has died, and the sun cannot sing In this vast expanse where darkness is king. A king not a thing, yet solid and dense Living and breathing, waiting and tense.
The darkness covers me, it covers my soul It burns and it strangles, the death bells shall toll. I’ m sinking and drowning, in darkness so cold Yet in my room there’ s nothing to hold.
So why can’ t I run? Why can’ t I run? Why can’ t I finally see the smiling sun?
No light has been given, hope falls to dust The darkness has swallowed, my heart turns to rust. For in my room without walls or doors Depression and sorrow reeks from the core.
Yet with one last look, through the darkness I dare To somehow see those people who love, those people that care. With one last effort, one hand to reach for Perhaps I may see that sun I adore.
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