
Reality
Reality
By: Ester Zahaj
A child’s crying
That’s all I’m able to hear
The painful sobs
Sound loud like they’re near
Coming from the girl
Sitting in the small corner.
The drops of the tears
Uncontrollable and filled with fear
Echo through the silent room
All leading to her doom.
The crying girl sitting with her back to the door
Her head buried to her knees
And with her wrists by her side
Bleeding the red liquid.
Screams and shouts
Sound through the small house
What is going on
That’s all I’m able to hear.
I try to move forward
Trying to reach the little girl
But my feet are tied to the ground
And I’m unable to go anywhere near.
And then I disappear.
…
I open my eyes
And see that I’m standing on a dark warehouse
Nothing is heard
Nothing is seen
No way out
No way in.
It’s like a dark paradise
Where light doesn’t bloom
And feelings are consumed
But you’re just there to pay the price.
The price for being nice
The price for always being there
For the people who didn’t really care
Who always thought of hurting you more than you deserve.
But it’s not over yet
For the war inside your mind has just begun
And this is reality
I hope you know how to fight
Because beastly
Are the things you’ll have to survive.