Climbing
Gasping
Screaming
The cage I am thrown in to smells thick of death
The heat of 80 other bodies against mine is far too much to bear
I gasp for breath
Push myself to the front
Begging for space
Water
Food
Air
Fear pulsing through my veins
I feel it clasp my heart like an iron fist
I count the days as I slowly fade away
My only knowledge of time is when night falls and day grows
Starring out of a barred window
Feeling trapped
List in despair
One by one my comrades fall
Death is playing us all
As if we were pawns in his fatal game
But I still stand
Fighting to keep my ground
Then the movement stops
The door slides open
Light pours in so bright it blinds me
I look at the creature I've become
My skin stretched tight
My stomach caved in
Eyes sunken like those of a corpse
The walking dead
Relieved to be out of my cell
Unknowingly the hell I've just been introduced to made the train car seem like paradise
The days fly by in a blur of blood and tears
Minutes turn to hours
Hours turn to days
Days to months
Explosion
Screams
Open
Freedom
The torture I was cast in to has finally ceased
I am free to be happy again
To live like I once had
But, looking back in to my personal slice of hell
I think to myself
How does one go back to living in the real world when you have found hell and escaped with your life?
How can you pick up the pieces of your broken life and move on?
You're never the same no matter how much you say it
The world has a new perception on it
You take advantage of every moment you're blessed with
I walk with my head high
I look not at my guards
The ones who made my life miserable
But I gaze to the stars to seek guidance onto this day
Letting the essence of sweet freedom seep in to my veins
The years have passed
But the numbers etched in to my memory, and arm, have just barely faded
Too many screams to be forgotten
Too many wounds to heal
And now I live my life again
Changed, but still alive