My eyes are covered

My hands bound

My feet tied to a chair

They have dragged me down here

Laughed in my face

Took away my pride

I am powerless

Alone

The room is closing in

Getting smaller and smaller

Can’t breathe

Not enough air

A hand reaches out

Tugs me back to reality

I open my eyes

Look at my surroundings

The dark room is now a bright classroom

The chains binding me to the chair is now invisible forces

Keeping me restrained to a desk

The people who once laughed in my face are whispering behind hands

While looking right at me

A woman stands over me

Her expression is one of pity

Everything seems different than it did in my mind

But if you look closer you will see

Nothing is different

I look at my surroundings and realize everything is exactly the same in my dream

And reality

Something is missing from me

Something this room took from me

My pride