Get out Alive

Everything is new, painfully so.

Nothing is known, all to be feared.

I look around and see nothing;

Nothing to help, nothing to hold,

The only surroundings are beautiful and bold.

I am not that bold.

I shy back, afraid, ready to run.

Everything freezes, joints turn to ice;

Ice that will melt with the slightest touch of warmth.

Ice that will shatter with every new breath.

Ice that will shatter with every new smile.

Running, impossible; staying too hard.

Everything's screaming and tearing apart.

A shout from the dark,

"Stay back!"

A whisper deep inside,

"Listen to them"

A smile.

A gentle caress.

"Follow me."

Gently, a deer learning to walk,

Learning to fall,

I follow.

Time continues, ice melts;

Too much heat.

Everything aflame, my eyes wide with fright;

"I made a mistake!"

I should not have come.

"It's too late now, you are already here!"

Stomping around, fear in the air,

Though in reality there is nothing to fear.

A whisper inside.

"Get out. Get out fast."

I run.