I walk through a room

that leads to another.

The loop continues

room by room

until I am lost.

The rooms stretch endlessly,

each one different from the last,

or maybe identical to the one before it.

Some are empty;

others are filled with spiraling staircases-

Optical illusions

that strain my eyes and

leave me dizzy.

There are rooms with tiled floors and liminal spaces;

Others, nothing.

I wander the rooms.

I run through every door that I see,

footsteps pounding in my wake.

I wander.

I wait for the end.

I wait forever.

Editors: Lucy Cafiero & Erynn Crittenden