Blink. And I'm plunged into darkness.

The dark isn't the start of my fear it's the unknown.

It's that the stretching desolate space around me could be hiding anything,

But how can I see in the dark.

Blink. And a tear starts to form.

The corners of my vision become blurred as the tiny droplet spills over the edge and down onto my burning cheeks,

Only to be followed by more to come,

And that's the last thing I remember seeing.

Blink. And my heart is racing.

The nerves in my mind spiral a million miles per hour to try and keep up with my beat,

Only to be left far behind

As my heart reels blindly in the dark.

Blink. And 100 heartbeats are born but 100 are also stopped

But I'm still stuck in mine.

I can't escape and time is running out as everything runs faster but somehow seems to be keeping me captive longer.

Blink. And I'm thrown

But I'm thrown off course as my thoughts fight to keep up with my sobs and a million words course through my mind but I can't find the only one I'm searching for

Help.

Blink. And I'm breathless

But not only a little I'm gasping to save myself my lungs are screaming for air that I can't give to them

Because I can't find it I can't see in this dark

Blink. And is this sleep,

Or something far much worse?