Alone again
Oh how I'd love to see my friends once more
How we fought through those hard troubles
A flaming corruscation
Only a gentle solace remains now
Only a faint light trickles through the thick sludge
But it isn't light from the surface
It is merely the luminescent throat of my captor
An immense avian beast
His yawn sends reverberating tremors that ring in my ears

Still alone
I tell myself there is no end
Only trapped here with this monster
My new master
No escape
Not as last time
No hero on their way
Will it kill me or devour me
Leave my body to rot in this horrid place
The waif of my remaining hope turns to say goodbye
Not long now
But who cares

I don't really mind being lonely
The snickering and cackling of the goo
Tells me that I'm not the first miserable thing to be taken
Curiosity slips its small hand into mine and we sit
It whispers of places I've never seen or been to as we rest for hours
Finally, it stands and reaches down to me
I slip my small hand into its and stagger to my feet
It ushers me forward
I trudge through the viscous sea, black as night
Maybe I'll find a way out into the glistening sun after all


Fat chance