Running in a narrowing tunnel,
from a place I cannot escape.
Siren alarms echoing behind.
Walls softening, air poisoning.
Don’t stop.
Shouts meet in the whining wind.
A glimpse of shadows nearing.
Coiling after me, dragging down.
Whispers dissolving into noise.
Skin itching, prickling into blisters.
Worms gnaw deep inside my flesh.
Lungs screaming between breaths.
Black fluid leaking through wounds.
The wails closing in—drowning cries.
Clawing for the end.
Yet the path stretches.
The exit slowly sealing,
the darkness devours me.
Mar 24
Mar 24, 2026 at 2:59 PM UTC
Running in a narrowing tunnel,
from a place I cannot escape.
Siren alarms echoing behind.
Walls softening, air poisoning.
Don’t stop.
Shouts meet in the whining wind.
A glimpse of shadows nearing.
Coiling after me, dragging down.
Whispers dissolving into noise.
Skin itching, prickling into blisters.
Worms gnaw deep inside my flesh.
Lungs screaming between breaths.
Black fluid leaking through wounds.
The wails closing in—drowning cries.
Clawing for the end.
Yet the path stretches.
The exit slowly sealing,
the darkness devours me.
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