What Next

 

Going forward a nothingness loomed.

Blank space, an empty, dark void.

Trepidation haunted the scene and

Cowardly spirit abandoned his body.

 

Crippled by an uncaring assailant.

Captivated by eternal anguish,

He paced his new cage.

Hopes of an escape plan extinguished.

 

Life limiting, an ill-fitting shroud.

Hostage to purgatory’s whims.

Suspended from limbo’s rope,

Left hanging……