Flickering Lights

@sjw

Lights on.
I can barely see.
Distance growing farther.
Seems endless to me.
Lights off.
Don't know where I am.
I've never felt so vulnerable.
Almost like a newborn lamb.
Lights on.
What's that, did I see a face?
Never mind, just walk faster.
Heartbeat quickens, like my pace.
Lights off.
Why can't it be all light,
All the time?
Shaking and quivering with fright.
Lights on.
I can see it now.
The single light that supports this dungeon.
But what now?
Lights off.
Theres noises all around me.
Left or right, I don't know.
I wonder what's here, but I can't see.
Lights on.
Red is seeping from the wall.
Spelling out "You've been warned.".
What exactly is lurking in the hall?
Lights off.
I should just turn around.
Why is everything suddenly quiet?
A second ago noise, but now, not a sound.
Lights on.
Theres the light?
But who's the figure in the doorway?!
Oh my God he's got a kn-