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[Celeste Dimentia]

Another writing piece of mine.

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Sarah looked all around the pure white room, blinking in the harsh light that had suddenly assailed her. All around her were shadowy forms, like vapor, their true shapes and faces indistinguishable despite the brightness of the room. They were such a cold, dark contrast... it chilled her heart, freezing her to the spot.

"You will never leave this room."

The voices echoed as one, emanating from the figures that surrounded her. They were starting to move closer, slowly, one patient step at a time, as Sarah did not move from the place where she stood. She couldn't. Outside this room was death. Yet here, too, death came for her. Wherever these faceless phantoms should take her... would it be worse?

"You will never be free."

What do I do? What do I do? What do I do...

The question raged continuously within her mind, a nonstop track that made her sick, made her want to wretch and fall to the floor. But still she was rooted to the spot, as though vines had burst from the ground and held her there.

What do I do?

Nothing. She could do nothing. But why could she do nothing? Who was to say? Did she not control her own destiny? Was she not strong enough to face the outside, and still keep joy and love within her, so that she may share it with others?

The wraithlike figures were now inches away from her. She could feel her skin burning, feel the invisible fire begin to take her once more. It was their will that she should die.

... But it was not her own.

"You cannot chain me!"

Sarah ripped the words from her lungs, renting the previously silent air with the exclamation. The ebony forms shrank back, literally shrinking, and soon melting away completely into the floor, never to be seen again.

Sarah took her first step forward, and the room disappeared.

It had been her prison...

Now, at last, she was free.

[Popple]

Exquisite, and simply nothing less than exquisite.

I'm assuming that these are your current feelings, correct? I am all but floored by your ability to weave together words in such beautiful harmony CD.

[Celeste Dimentia]