Alison Cassidy - Black Holes

I lifted my foot...

and it appeared
from nowhere
A hole
A deep black hole
deeper than the deepest mineshaft

Mum had warned me about them
over and over
(So deep you'd never reach the bottom - so don't go too close!)

I stopped
in panic
and turned...

and there
in front of me
was another
and another
and another

I was surrounded by them
hundreds of them
deep black holes
deep black holes
of
FEAR

There was nowhere to go
so I stood
immobile
face white
heart beating like a demented drummer

And suddenly...
the ground opened
and I felt myself falling
down my very own Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole

F
A
L
L
I
N
G

into
nothingness...

Alison Cassidy

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