Stuck

I stop and realize I’m back where I was this entire time. Strange. After all those twists and turns, I figure I would’ve been somewhere else by now. Except… I don’t know where exactly. I just wasn’t expecting to be back at the same place.

So I start walking. No… I start running, hoping that the speed will carry me to someplace new. Hoping that I will get away from here. And as I close my eyes, I’m already picturing my new destination. Green grass and bright blue skies. No more will I have to deal with this darkness. The same darkness that has been dragging me down.

But my hopes are dashed when my open my eyes. It can’t be. The endless dark void greets me once more. How is this possible? Running this whole time… it was all for nothing? A fruitless attempt at escape. Yet, there is more to my shortcomings.

The walls start closing in around me. And despite my best attempts to push them back, their crushing force is simply too much. I can no longer fully extend my arms in any direction. The rumbling comes again and, this time, the ceiling bears down towards me as try in vain to push it back up. It is no use. It is time I call these five walls home. I sit down in this new space, resigning myself to my fate.

No matter how far or how fast I run, I end up in the same place: the dark, endless void. And eventually, it becomes a prison that will not allow me to go anywhere. I cannot escape. I am stuck.