VISUAL PROMPT
By Tilak Baloni @Unsplash

Write a short story or scene about the character pictured above.
No Way Out
No way out.
No matter which way I face,
left or right, I find myself in a prison
Impossible to evade.
Confined in a space that isn't mine.
Being told I'm trying too hard,
So I second guess my pace,
I second guess if there's an up or a down
And that's the way out.
Is there a piece to the
puzzle that I'm not let in on?
Am I scathing my way through
blindly, refusing my intellect?
Neglecting my oneness by
thinking in terms of this cage?
I'm not sure but could I ever
be as long as I'm raveled up in this
murk?
As long as I can't see what's in front of me?
As long as my fears still wither
through my bones?
As long as I'm stuck,
paralyzed from there being
no way out.