Alive

Alive -

I’m lost in the dark,
Tying to find my way out.
This box I’m trapped in,
Four walls surrounding me,
Enclosing me,
It holds me hostage.
I’m locked away from the world.
The air is stifling,
Suffocating me slowly,
As the light is fading, disappearing.
The silence burns my ears,
Deafens me, numbs me to the pain.
But the fear grows worse,
Blooms like a Venus fly trap
In my mind.
I cry out but my voice has been stolen,
Hidden under lock and key
And I cannot reach it.
I can feel the warmth of the rising sun,
But I cannot see it’s soothing light.
It warms me,
Melts the icy coldness of my heart.
I thought it stopped long ago,
Ended it’s beating,
Gave up and died.
But now I feel life stirring,
Starting me up again.
And I grasp fear by the neck and wring it,
I push out of the box it cannot hold me
Anymore.
And I feel
Alive.