Thursday, August 1, 2024

The ICC Labyrinth

 By Daniel Ware

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I fear I’ve gone too far.
It is difficult to recall
Where I am going and
Where I have been.

 

All of these rooms look
Identical to each other.
The numbers and letters meld
Together into an unrecognizable
Amalgamation of shapes.

 

Now that I am thoroughly lost
In a 


 


The fog lifts.

 

I look around
And find myself 
Back where I began.



About the Author


 
Daniel S. Ware is a sophomore at Illinois Central College, majoring in high school education, with a focus in English literature. His future goal is to use project-based learning to make his classes interactive and personalized for every student. When he is not working or doing homework, Daniel enjoys writing poetry and short stories and playing table-top, role-playing games. As a game master, Daniel relishes in plotting devious challenges for his players to overcome and inventing new, terrifying monsters for them to defeat. 


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