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On The Outside

Where I Am

By Mike Singleton ๐Ÿ’œ Mikeydred Published about a year ago โ€ข 1 min read
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I'm lost, I think. There is no map, there never was one. I don't know if I am inside or outside, I am in a brick corridor against a brick wall hoping to find an opening or a clue on how to get into this place, or out of it.

I don't know how I got here, I don;t how long I have been here wandering these corridors, finding the odd door that is always locked with no way in, or out.

It is cold and there is a rainy mist so it would imply that I am outside, but I feel that I am trapped in some labyrinthine structure, and is there a Minotaur?

Am I a Minotaur or am I Theseus? There are no mirrors and, feeling my head, I have no horns. I have no thread to find my way out there is just me, wandering and wandering.

Mazes normally have some structure but this one just seems designed to drive me mad.

Am I locked out or locked in? That question I can't answer.

Is the Hell?

It certainly is not Heaven, but there are no Devils or flames, just the cold and the misty rain.

I look up and it is grey, but I can't tell if it's the sky or some ceiling, but if it is a ceiling then there must be some form of lighting, but I cannot see any here.

I don't know if I'm alone, I think there may be ghosts here, or some kind of spirits. Whether they are malevolent or friendly I don't know. If they were friendly then they would help me to find my way through this, so maybe they mean me harm, but it is wrong to assume, isn't it.

The walls go on forever.

Am I in or out, I still don't know?

The longer this goes on, the more I feel like a ghost myself, except this ghost is trapped forever...

,,,, on the outside.

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarranabout a year ago

    Oooo, this was so intriguing! Loved your story!

  • Caroline Cravenabout a year ago

    Feel like this is a great metaphor for life. Great stuff.

  • Shirley Belkabout a year ago

    Sometimes I feel the same way....this maze of life.

  • Mark Grahamabout a year ago

    Interesting read. Will he or you get out? Can't wait to read more if their is more.

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