ACHES [Wattys Winner 2015]

Paradise

I walk in the tunnel beyond

Which the light exists.

The light fills me

As I walk towards that end.

I feel empty,

Engulfed by only pure filling my cells.

I look back,

And in a flash, all memories cross.

I feel a tear,

For the ones I left behind.

And in that precious moment, I decide,

That I don't want to go into the light.

I want to rush back,

To comfort the people who have made those memories.

But something has chained me,

Everything is pulling me towards the light.

No! NO! I don't want to go there, I shout.

But as I fade into paradise, my existence diminishes,

Inside out.