Curtains closed, lights off

Darkness reigns supreme

Slithering, silent and deadly

Depression creeps into the heart

Lonely woman paralyzed

Eyes ache, screen lights hurt

Gaze empty, head lolled back

Drained, hopeless

Life in monotony

Months circling, world evading

Brief moments of feeling

Dragged out by family

Caustic remarks

Hope leeched

Life in monotony

A trip, a moment, a vision

Excitement, passion

A world in color

“What if?”

Life in monotony

Clutter, darkness, depression

A jolt, a memory

“What if?”

Weeks passed, decision made

A sliver of hope

Challenges, anger,

Anxiety gripping her soul

Life in monotony

“What if?”

Pounding ideas

Simultaneously ripping and healing her

Outside forces like tornadoes

Distructive and fierce

Life in monotony

A chance, a risk

A “what if?”

Choices made

Surviving the chaos

For the vision

Two months left

Vision to reality

“What if?”

It was all becoming real.