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Into the darkness, I fall.

Hurtling through dreamscapes
that crash into one another…with sound and fury.

They tell the story of what was, what is
and what will be.

Ever deeper I fall.
Lurching through an obstacle course rife with ghosts
that stay with me…and stay, and stay.

They reach out, grasping and clawing
but I am nimble…and surefooted as I flee.

Deeper still, I fall.
Floating now, “in a most peculiar way”
until I wake…to the same gray as yesterday.

But I’m not ready for the light, as it’s the night
that calls to me.

Sherry McGuinn
Sherry McGuinnhttps://medium.com/@sherrymcguinn
Sherry McGuinn is a long-time, Chicago area, advertising/marketing writer, blogger and, for the last fifteen years, screenwriter. A big-time dreamer and proud of it, Sherry has had two short films produced, one in L.A., the other in New York. Both won several awards and screened at festivals but she is still "fighting the good fight," in order to become a full-time, working screenwriter. A passionate straight-shooter who never rests on her laurels, Sherry writes about damn near everything because how do you encapsulate…life? Unflinching in her determination to “just tell the truth,” Sherry strives to educate, engage and inspire others to follow their dreams. A lifelong animal lover and advocate, Sherry resides in a Chicago suburb with her husband and their three fabulous felines.

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