Soothe (for Sunday Scribblings)

It is dark in my world

The walls are closing in on me

Painfully I stretch

Until my skin breaks open

I fight my way

Through thick layers of dirt

Try not to get eaten

By the creatures 

Lurking in the dark

Up and up I go

Until finally

I can see the light

There’s the sky

Wide open

I reach towards it

Longingly

But I can’t quite get there

Exhausted

I am just about to give up

When suddenly 

The sun comes out

Its warmth embraces me

Soothed

My tired body surrenders

I open up

And blossom

In the most beautiful colours