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And then all hope was lost
Once I walked into a room
It was dark inside, and silent.
Dark like the darkness where the world seems asleep.
Silent like the silence where the people seem mouthless.
I turned and felt around
But my hands felt only the air
That was thin like the thinness of a delicate, sheer tissue
Used to wipe a tear from a sallow, frail face.
I turned the other way and sniffed the air
But the cold only left me feeling dry and sick
Like the sickness that leads to days of lying still in a plain bed
Before dying and reaching a dead, dead end.
And I fell. Tripped. Stumbled against a wall.
I touched a light switch and flicked it upwards in anxiety.
The light -- oh, the light! So bright, so cheery!
The room -- so happy! So full of hope!
That is, until I look around.
And the door is gone.
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Not everything is as it seems -- things may seem good, but they may also reveal bad things. Looks are deceiving, so be careful what you do in life.