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Bottled

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Bottled

White noise floods down the stairwell,
I drop my bag, my hopes, and sigh,
I shouldn't have expected today to be different,
Grimy, gray light distorts the room, blurring the lines,
Occasionally a burst of muted color tints the haze, but only for a moment,
Glumly, dejected, I cast around for a book, a magazine, anything,
A newspaper clipping would suffice,
But there are none,
Everything is digital now,
The eerie light throws my shadow against the wall, where it hangs silently,
Watching me,
Thirsty, I go to the tap,
Creeping,
Not wanting them to know I'm home,
Not that they could hear me,
Not that they would hear me,
Groping blindly, I fumble for the nozzle,
Until I remember the faucet is voice activated,
I'm no longer thirsty,
Tossing the glass away, I cast around for something, anything,
All the while, flashing lights and thunder cascade down the cold, ebony stairs,
I almost go to the door,
I almost break through the webs, the chains,
Until I remember there is nothing to break out for,
The garden is gone, and the grass too,
My shadow smiles knowingly,
Startled, I find myself at the base of the stairwell,
Lifting my gaze, I feel the dull ache behind my eyes resurface,
I can feel my mind decay,
My heart contract,
For I know what is in that room,
I know where my family sits, where they sit daily,
And I feel the void returning,
But though my feet drag, I am pushed forward,
My mind, warped from hours wasted, lusts unwittingly for what's ahead,
My limbs reply, tired from supporting my skeletal frame, eager to resume their natural repose,
So I climb,
I climb despite my despair,
And I enter the room, with all its lights and colors and sounds and noises,
And take my seat,
But I don't notice the gray walls, or the sparse furnishing,
My only interest is the picture box,
The beautiful picture box,
With all its melodies and sweet, sweet images,
And I forget what I wanted to forget,
And I am bottled,
Bottled and subdued.
I'm actually very proud of this one. :D I feel like it really gets my message/theme across in a cool way.
I've been editing it like crazy for some competition here at my college. I just recently added the shadow part... I hope it doesn't detract from my message or the feeling of it... Opinions?
Comments and concerns are ALWAYS appreciated! I really want this to be good so feel free to critique and give any suggestion you may have.
Thanks for reading and sorry for the wait!
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wulfnstein's avatar
Now this is nice, very nice. I like the shadow part, like some extra somebody watching how everybody submits to his reign.
And I have to say I was curious to what it was about. I was constantly thinking "What is in the room"
But I have to admit that I didn't have a TV in mind, but a seat connected to a virtual world/the net.