Leaping Blindly falling
Inside darkness Floating
Fear consumes
And finally subsides
As time slows toward stop
Caught inside a mirror
I stare out
Remembering
Pavement gave way to dirt
The road became rutted
Then completely washed out
The attempt to locate
An alternate path
Led past a garden gate
To an unlocked door
Rushing through the house
Out the front Finding
Another house Empty
Up the stairs Over the railing
Floating Slowly Landing
Softly on the floor below
Out the side door Fences No gates
Panic Rushing into and out of
House after dimly lit house
More stairs No exit
Voices Terror
Fear
Across the large room
A door seen on the floor below
No escape but to leap
Into the darkness
Passing through
A nonexistent floor
Again Floating Softly
Landing on solid ground
I step out of the mirror
Barely breathing
Hearing shattered glass fall
Behind footsteps walking
Away from terror and fear
With eyes fixed on daybreak
Rising over the ancient highway
That will transport me home
