VISUAL PROMPT
by Florentina Amon @ deviantart.com/Tiina23

Write a story or poem inspired by this image. What themes and atmospheres come to mind?
When The Sun Doesn’t Rise
I told my parents that when I grew older, I would have a chance at anything.
And for some reason, I didn’t.
My eyes shot open, my ears listening wearily for any source of sound.
Nothing.
I’d been running for almost two weeks now.
From what?
I don’t know.
But it felt like I needed to.
That if I didn’t stay still, they’d get me.
Now, my eyes couldn’t spot any light hardly, just a small gole barely peeking from the top.
Top of.. something.
My hands lifted, feeling for whatever it was I was inside.
I went to sit up and honked my head against it.
I let out a yelp before rubbing my head as I laid.
It felt hard, which obviously I assumed it was. I pushed up, and the kid to it opened slightly, something filling the inside of the box.
I slammed it back shut, terrified.
My hands picked up whatever had entered, but it fell straight through my fingers.
I squinted, trying to figure out what it was with no light to work with hardly.
It came off as hard, yet somehow soft.
I kept squishing until I felt movement, nothing much, just a small wriggling sensation in my hand.
I dug until I found the movement running my fingers along it to ensure what it was.
Short, yet in a straight line.
I felt for a head to make sure it wasn’t a snake, and thank god it wasn’t.
A worm I think…
So that mean it was dirt.
And I was in something hard, unable to stumble out of the horrid thing without staying lied down.
Wait…
A coffin?
But I wasn’t dead.
Yet.
To be continued??
