They told me to write it

I wanted to sleep

they asked me to sit

When I sat up

They asked me to stand

I stood upright 

And then they told me to walk

I started to walk

And they asked me to run

I started running

The same voice told me to sprint

I increased the pace

I was sprinting away

The pace kept increasing

I dont know how!

I was sprinting and sprinting

My peripheral vision stared blurring

Everything around me disappeared

Only the thick black tar road remained

And I was sprinting on it

The world was now grey

The road remained black

It was cold and it was grim

Is this how death feels?

The voices have stopped

There is just silence

What is that? I see something

There is an obstacle on my path

I am sprinting towards it

I can't slow down

Should I jump above it?

Or should I slide underneath it?

I dont know what to do

Why the voices have stopped

I have no clue

I am approaching it fast

Where has the voice disappeared?

Why have the instructions stopped?

Looks like I have momentum

If I would just hit it fast enough

It might just break it into pieces

I am almost there, just about to hit

But it has disappeared 

Or have I passed throught it like a ghost?

I want to look back and check

But I cant move my head

I can only look ahead

I am sprinting and sprinting

Now what I see?

Oh it is a path full of thorns

and it streches for miles and miles

I want to look at my feet

I dont know if I am wearing shoes

But I cant move my head

I am almost there

Just about to step on the thorns

As I land my feet feels no pain

It is just the constant thud 

Of black tar road 

I blink and the thorns have vanished

Now I hear something coming from above

Oh, it is raining arrows

I might get hit, I will surely be killed

The raining arrows may pierce me

It might happen anytime now

Here comes one, but what has happened

As soon as it touched me

It has turned to flower

All the arrows are turing to flowers

Colorless flowers, lifeless flowers

I am wondering now

Is this some divine intervention?

I don't have time to think

I am sprinting and sprinting

Now what is that, fiery red?

Oh it is a big ball of fire

rushing towards me

I guess I am done

I will be smashed and burned

But wait, will this also pass?

Should I keep the faith and head on?

I cannot stop

I am sprinting and sprinting

It is very near, I can feel the heat

We are moments away from crashing

Something is moving underneath

Oh is that an earthquake?

Why the road is swelling

The fire ball has hit a bump

It has gone past me, above my head

I am sprinting and sprinting

I dont know how to stop

Why are my legs not paining?

Now what do I see?

This is totally weird

I see someone running towards me

He is running at a franctic pace

We are in straight line

running in opposite directions

But towards each other

Now we are close

I can see features of his face

What the hell?

He just looks like me

Oh shit we are going to collide

I am not panicking

I am sure this too will be averted

We are meters away 

I feel like smiling

We are inches away

I am sure something will prevent it

We are centimeters away

Miracle will happen any moment now

I have hit something

There is a lot of pain

All my nerves are on fire

Feels like i am enveloping something

But I am being wrapped too

Why are there two thoughts in my head

The pain has doubled

I have started moving up

Rocketing towards the sky

I am above the clouds now

Looks like I have escape velocity

I am racing outwards very fast

I can see the globe below

It is grey not blue

I have gone past the moon now

Past the sun, past the jupiter

I have gone past neptune

Pluto is missing, what a fortune

I have left our solar system

I am in an empty black void

I dont know how I am breathing

I am just moving far and far

Drifting away, floating away

Time has come to a stand still

I am drifting and drifting

But wait I see something

There is something glowing green

They are getting bigger and bigger

They are illuminated by flourscent light

They are taking shapes of English letters

Oh, I can read them now

and it reads G A M E - O V E R

Now I hear a voice

I am wondering, where it had gone missing

There is a pat on my shoulder

It feels somehow real and unreal

There is something strapped on my eyes

Okay someone is removing it

I can still see the letters

But they are getting smaller and smaller

Okay I can see around

The world is not grey

Its colorful and brightly lit

Okay it is a room

I see the device that was removed

Okay, it is a VR kit

Ahh, what a relief

But why had I forgotten I was inside it

Okay I get up, no one tells me to walk

I walk towards the vending machine

No one tells me anything

I pick a can of soda

No one tells me anything

So I sit and drink

I finish the can of soda 

and toss it in the bin

I walk out of the room

I am in a shopping complex

Why dont I remember coming here

No one tells me anything

I hear no voice

There is a weird yearning to hear it again

I start walking, I look around

It is completely deserted

It is eerily silent

I stride ahead in complete silence
My footsteps are silent too

I keep walking and walking

Then I hear a familiar voice

and it says "Run!"

~Surya

(Inversely Proportional)