Open Mind 11.28.2017

Wide-eyed with an Open Mind

I stare into my struggle.

Ahead of me stands a locked door,

I step forward and hear a clang.

It’s metal on stone.

Invisible keys lay scattered across the floor,

The room darkness is looming over me.

As I search the seemingly barren floor,

I see the shadow in the room inch toward me.

From the corner of my eye,

I see the silhouette of a ghostly frame.

I hear her whisper, “Here.”

Darting across the room,

I fall to my knees and search quickly,

The room is getting smaller.

A black shadow begins to twist around my neck.

Softly at first, but I can feel its tendrils tightening.

I need to breathe…

Breathe.

“Here!” the voice calls again,

I snap too and panic, I can’t find it.

Her form materializes in front of me.

She opens my palm and gives me fortune,

I feel the cool of the iron on my fingertips,

and make my way to the door.

My throat is collapsing as I inch on all fours,

In the near distance I hear the darkness laughing.

Horrified, I turn around to see what binds me.

Shackles have transpired around my ankles,

Tears leak down my face, I’m going to die here.

A voice cuts through my psychosis, 

“Don’t stop.” She says

“It hurts! And I can’t move.”

“I promise I’m here. Now reach!”

I throw my body forward,

And hear a break behind me.

I’ve managed to free my leg,

Thrusting myself forward,

I slot the key into the aged lock.

A decrescendo of screams trail me

as I escape the room.

I look forward and see her silhouette,

“I knew you’d find me.” she grins

“And I knew I’d find you.” 

She extends her hand and I grasp it.

…

My mind has receded from its shock.

I shake my rattled thoughts and contemplate.

The details are gone,

Lost in the crevices of my conscious.

All I can remember is the consistency

of her ghostly frame,

Cutting through my heart of fear

to find the tower I locked myself in.

From my mind I hear a faint whisper saying,

 “I am he, and he is I”

Grinning, I respond,

“And I am her, as she is I.”