wandering dandelions #wattys2018

40. taunting tunnels

They said there'd be a light at the end of the tunnel

but when I finally reached the estranged end

I realized that the only light was on the outside of the tunnel

and that the opening was sealed shut with chains...

Hope had abandoned me after all

and I was left to agonize as my hands tried to grasp

for the evanescent light through the derisive bars.