Afraid

I sit here all day

All alone.

Staring in the dark.

In my room

No windows, no doors

No light

Not a single ray of hope.

Every time I close my eyes

I dream.

I see them staring at me.

I hear them laughing at me

I open my eyes.

I stand up

I fall.

I stand up again

Again I fall.

I stand up once more

I can’t.

When they killed me,

I saved myself.

When I killed myself

They saved me.

“The guilty must be hanged”

Said my Lord.

And they were hanged.

I was found guilty too.

“Oh! Please let me be hanged”

I begged.

My Lord said-

“You must live forever

With the only friend-FEAR.”