rabbit hole

just moments before, my fingers were digging into the earth above me, i could feel the warm sunlight on their tips as i grasped at the solid earth outside the edge of this hole. my other hand firmly gripping what i thought was a sturdy vine. i thought i finally had the strength to to pull my body out, but my fingers trembled and the vine gave way. with a climax and a crash, my body lays upon the cold ground at the bottom of this dark rabbit hole, a place that i had been trying so desperately to get out of. in the quake of the fall, i remain still. i lay on my back and i stare up at the tiny dot of light, not even big enough to give way to hope of escape. it seems even smaller now then it did before this encounter and my body seems even weaker. bruised and broken i lay here in this cavernous pit alone, wondering if i can find my way out or if ill remain imprisoned here.