Unanswered Question

 

 

I am awake but cannot see

nor am I sure that I can hear.

A silent darkness surrounds me,

I know the meaning now of fear.

 

It is as if I'm paralysed

I try to move without success.

My deepest fears are realised

I am controlled and powerless.

 

I am not dead I cannot be

If I were dead I'd be at peace.

I wonder is this purgatory?

What must I do to earn release?

 

I'm lying on a slab of stone,

there are no shackles binding me.

I am held fast by powers unknown.

I try to think coherently.

 

Why am I here and where am I.

I cannot hear I cannot see

I cannot move although I try.

Am I condemned eternally?

 

What grievous sin did I commit?

deserving endless punishment.

I may have sinned I must admit

unknowingly without intent.

 

I pray to all the Gods I know

to have my harsh sentence repealed.

To set me free just let me go.

Implacable they will not yield,

 

Refuse to alter their decree.

I may not live; I may not die

I must exist in misery

and never know the reason why.