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The Simple Escape

March 8, 2016
By Alpha_Brielle BRONZE, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
Alpha_Brielle BRONZE, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you&#039;re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any.<br /> ~Hugh Laurie


I sit with my back to the wall. My cell is dim, but not dark. Slanting beams of light tumble through my window, interrupted by lines of shadow. I could turn the light on at any time, but what's the point? The room is no different dark than it is light. I am a prisoner to the world.

 

A rustle, and something slips under my door. I move over and reach for the thing. My fingers contact a papery rectangle that crinkles slightly when pressure is applied. Suddenly, there is a need for the light. I flip the switch, and squint until my eyes adjust.

 

I my hands is a book that I have never seen before. The cover depicts many, glorious, undescribable works of beauty, the title written in flowing swirls of script.

I open to the first page

and

just like that

I am

free.



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