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The darkness had already taken hold,

her heart was cold,

as she plummeted down the shaft,

she screamed as she plunged,

her face filled with fear,

the bottom was near,

as she was clawing at thin air,

as if she could dig fingers into it,

at one point,

she felt her frantic hands

brush against the shaft wall,

as she continued the fall,

the wall was hideously smooth,

thin grooves,

and nothing for her to grip,

her heart would dip.

Her mind would drip,

as she continued the downward trip,

it seemed as if the fall took forever,

but it was in fact, only seconds,

her ears popped,

then she stopped,

no breath,

just death.