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Bound and held aloft

Ropes tied by Bedouin hands

Borne swiftly ‘fore

Stowed upon seas of golden sands

Dragged atop citrine waves

Hands bound - eyes unseeing

Cords lashed around my chest

Lowered slowly into unforgiving darkness

Endlessly I descend

Further into the rough-hewn nether earth

Miles pass yet no respite

The narrow passage shredding the skin

Consciousness slips beyond me

Drifting between the real and the dream

This eldritch flight through Stygian space

Comes to an end

Journey ended - I awake in darkness

Tether laying slack behind me

Greeted by the bowels

Of some forsaken temple

Labyrinthine wandering

Horrors awakened yet not perceived

Guided by the scent of fetid air

My eyes not betraying the darkness

Lead by this detestable vapor

My embrace of a malign unknown

From beyond the unscalable pillars

Ceremonial chorus entices me on

The sound and smell coalesce

Intrigue guiding my steps

Faintly another sound rising in volume

Thousands marching in dismal unison

A procession of unnameable entities

Light from their torches, illuminating

As the horrors progress toward me

I enshroud myself in the shadow I fear

Lost once again in the darkness

Is this to be my fate?