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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at MSU chapter.

The vacant landscape of survival mode

Existing only within itself

Upon exiting, the memories slip from your grasp

But whenever you return, so do they.

 

Cavernous in form, expansive in size.

You realize you have been here before

Surrounded on every side by the darkness, no light to guide you

Only whispers leading out, perhaps, or further in

 

Every step you take creaks, as the ground beneath you attempts to hold your weight

You trudge forward with all the boldness of a scolded child, desperate for forgiveness

Every second makes you aware of your own precariousness.

In one instant these walls could collapse, taking you with them—

Deeper still into the abyss.

 

Perhaps the people outside have stopped looking for you.

You struggle to remember what day it is, kept company only by memories once forgotten.

All that once was—now replaced by the persistent darkness, the stifling silence

bio major at MSU. Writer, painter, and coffee enthusiast.
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