coffin

i open my eyes,

and see a lack of light.

waves of deafening silence looms,

like this foreboding sense of doom.

have i finally reached the afterlife? 

my fingers caress the sides,

of whatever i can find. 

they meet rough wood.

panic blooms within me,

like a massive flower field. 

echoing through the dark,

my screams rip my throat apart.

silence, so unheard.

no one’s there, not a word.

simply the sound of raining dirt. 

my mind plays with shadows,

that flicker in the air. 

my lungs squeeze out,

and i am filled with teary haze.

oh merciful god, spare me grace.

as the hollow air forsakes me,

i give in to the agony.

for one more moment,

let me feel.