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A_Field
Just a fellow living in Ohio with my wife. I do enjoy writing from time to time, when the urge hits. Hoping to, one day, make a career of it
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you're trapped in a room and have to escape....what's next
A_Field

Where...? Oh, That’s Right!

I'm trapped in a room. I need to escape. Well, I suppose the first thing to do is to assess the situation, note my surroundings. Does the room that I'm in have a door or windows? If so, I should try the door. It might be open. I try the handle. If the door opens, turn to page thirty-four. Don't be absurd! This isn't that kind of story. Maybe the door doesn't work. Alright, windows. Perhaps I can get a better understanding of where I might be. Am I on the first level of a building or on the thirtieth? Why would I be so high up? Whoever put me in this room would have had to drag me up so many flights of stairs. Unless there was an elevator! Still, the thirtieth floor of some random building would be ridiculous. What if there are no doors or windows? How would I have gotten into the room? Thinking about that will give you an aneurysm for sure! Maybe I was lowered into the room from above. That might be hard to do on the thirtieth floor. Nope, that's still ridiculous! What about the walls of the room? Are they drywall or concrete? I could break through drywall I think. Then I would just have to pray the studs of the framework aren't too close together. I could squeeze through that. Or maybe it's drywall covering concrete? That would hurt to try to break through. Especially since I have no tools and would have used my hands to break through! Wait a minute! Tools! What else is in the room with me? Maybe a bed or a chair? Surely I wouldn't be forced to just stand all day, or to sit or lay on the cold, hard floor. What kind of savages have kidnapped me? Maybe no one kidnapped me. Why is that the only explanation for being trapped in a room? I mean, I'm not chained to anything. Not that they would have needed to chain me to anything, the savages! I'm still on the kidnapping for some reason. Well, I wouldn't have been dumb enough to trap myself in a room! Oh, what if it's not a literal room after all? Maybe the room I'm trapped in is my own mind! That's deep! That's some psychological stuff there! Well, this has just gotten out of hand. I know I'm in a room. I can hear sounds; beeping and whirring. Wait a minute! I think my eyes are closed. Let's open those up and see where we are. It's a hosptial room! I'm hooked up to some machines by tubes! So I AM trapped in a room. But I don't think I can escape yet. I don't remember being discharged. What a wild imagination I have though! I suppose I'll go back to sleep.

Adam Field

Challenge
write a poem based on a song.
tag me (@verstella) when you finish. good luck!
A_Field in Poetry & Free Verse

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace please speak to me

Words to ease my troubled mind,

And draw me within reach of You,

To dwell within the peace I find.

You free me from the crowding dark;

The weight that shackles my weakened soul,

And reach out Your gentle hand;

A soothing touch to make me whole.

Now awash in Heavenly light,

I walk upright with quickened pace,

And pray for the wisdom and strength to live

For naught but my Amazing Grace.

Adam Field

Challenge
Heartbreak.
Tell me something heartbreaking. Poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction. Winner will receive a spotlight. Tag me in the comments if you want feedback!
A_Field

Without Her

Cold is the coming dawn

With your warmth gone from me.

Dead is the loveless night

As your dreams steal my sleep.

Cold is the broken soul

Always in shadow.

Dead is the lonely heart

As despair bleeds it dry.

Cold is the roaming mind

Which in sadness wanders.

Dead is the spirit torn

So to rise no more.

Adam Field

@SK_Shepherd (I'm assuming the tags work like Facebook tags... but probably not. I'll figure it out as I go)