The doors shut
My back to the wall
Cold tiles send shivers up my spine
My legs freeze with the tiles
36 square feet never seemed so small
Locked in here
No escape
No noises yet every thing echoes so loudly
My breath is piercing my ears
My thoughts scream in my head
Freedom doesn’t exist anymore
Were all locked in these cells
Lock down time from 7 to 5
Were all safe from each other now,
But are we safe from ourselves
In my room is the essentials
Bathroom, sink, microwave, small fridge
The rations for the night placed on the top shelf
You turn the handle and you’ll hear a knock on your door
Sometimes I do it just for the comfort of someone there
“Anything I can get you?”
“No sorry was just seeing if it was locked”
“Yes your secure, now sleep up Mr. Wegman”
8 o’clock
The bell rings, the light flashes
5 minutes till lights out
I should rest up
I  will need the sleep for work tomorrow,
But an urge overcomes me to break a cycle
Start a new routine
I’m sick of this confinement
Trapped in a cell
What am I a citizen, or another prisoner
The televisions gone
The younger generation knows no fears
I miss it
I miss worrying who was behind me on a walk home
I miss a turning stomach to the wind on my window
I miss that fear of the unknown
Fear of diseases
Murderers
Rapists
Burglars
Now It’s fear of bosses and government
I control my future
There will never be anything unexpected
Ever
In my whole life
It’s bullshit
What happened to the good old days
I need a television to make me fear life again
Without fear there’s no happiness for me
The lights turn out
The room is gone
Opportunity arises in me
This room is a wonderland
They can’t take my imagination
The floor is grass
The darkness is fields
Hills and valleys
All dimly lit by the full moon
A coyote howls in the distance
Crickets chirp
I walk my own speed into the distance
Loneliness overcomes me
I carve a path in the untouched grass
Walking my own speed
I see a figure in the distance I run to catch it
A beautiful figure of a women arises
I get close
I walk again
One step faster than her steps until
I catch up
I tap her shoulder, but she disintegrates
The grass and trees begin to melt
The floor around me crumbles
Two bright eyes appear above
A big bright smile below it
I look away to find myself falling
Dropping down into nothingness
No wind
The only cue I have that lets me know I’m falling
Is my stomach dropping
Nothing to rest my legs on
My body shakes uncontrollably
A dark wave quivers my body
I feel sick
My chest sticks out
I tense up
A deep roar escapes my mouth
My eyes twitch
Figures appear in the darkness,
But disappear before I can see them
They yell
They scream
My body stretches out
I reach around for anything
Nothing
Just darkness
I just want my bed
I just want to sleep
I don’t want this anymore
I need to escape
I’m trapped
Am I still falling
Have I stopped
I did
I run but an outline of a red hand smacks me down
I try the other way,
But a red arm throws me back
The dark figure laughs
He yells
He screams
Sit down
Stop resisting
Let us take you in
Let me go
I’m pinned
My arms behind my back
I kick back at the creature,
But he fights back
A needle pierces my arm
My eyes close
Slowly
I fade
To a darker
Black
And
My
Body
Feels
Very
Weak
I
Think
I
Might
Go
To
Sleep