Punishment

I'm scared, so very scared.
It's dark, yes, very dark.
If I try to move, all I feel
Are walls, walls all around.
Nothing else is here.
Nothing else to see.
Nothing else to hear.
I feel them coming, closer,
Faster, harder, I cannot breathe!

There is no sound, not even
The beating of my own heart.
This silence surrounding me
Is so deafening, as it's killing me,
Killing me so rapidly...
My fingers run over the walls,
Lightly at first, but then I must
Try to take them away!

A warm liquid slides down
My so trembling arms
As I try harder, faster,
Chipping away at the wall
That stands right in front of me.
I must get out, I must get out!
No one is coming... No one is coming...
I need to get through, need to break free!

They're getting closer, I feel it!
If I don't get free now, I'll be crushed!
I can't let them win, I can't...
My fingers are dripping, so painfully;
My lungs are burning, barely breathing!
As the smell of fresh dirt
Starts to control my senses,
My fears are strengthened beyond reason...
I just have to break away from here!
No one is coming... no one is coming...