A coffin.

A small box

in which a dead person is placed.

A coffin life.

A small box

in which a barely living person is placed

to slowly die.

A place of no movement,

no colour, no music,

no laughter, no shining eyes,

no touching of heart or soul.

A place of confinement,

gloomy and narrow,

life dwindling away,

within grey muffling walls,

hemming, pressing, stifling, defeating,

killing.

I will lift the lid.

I will not accept the coffin as my life

I will step out

I will walk through the door to the light

I will embrace

I will sing

I will move

I will care

I will LIVE.