I was tired and lost in the subway system, and I walked all about the underground tunnels, and then a sad mournful cry met my ears, and I followed this noise to find out what was the matter. It became darker and darker as I followed and I began to be afraid for I heard now, that the cries were very close.
I came across a homeless man, it seemed clear that this place was where he stayed in the winter.
A dark place, with no one else to be seen or heard.
He yelled out, "We are all dead already! No one is being spared! It is going to kill us!"
I kneeled down and I asked him, "Why do you say this?" and the man said to me, "It is all around. The bringer of death, and we cannot escape it."
The smell of alcohol enveloped my sense of smell. "What is all around us?" I asked,
"FEAR."
The man said. I rose to my feet and I asked, "Oh, so you see it too?"
"It's no use to fight it son." He said.
"I know that I cannot win." I said,
"But I will fight to the finish."
I turned and left the man speechless. I didn't hear the yelling anymore, just crying.
This man knows all of the truths that I do.
Has the truth driven him insane?
Or was it that no one listened to what he had to say that did it?
Why aren't I insane then? Perhaps I am insane as well, for I too, see the fear swimming all around me.
I eventually found my way out of the subway system, but I am still lost in a place that is truly horrifying.
