The Yellow Chasm

puncakbukit (78)in #photography • 11 days ago

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The street stretched endlessly, a yawning chasm of yellow under the sickly glow of distant streetlights. Buildings towered on either side, their windows like vacant eyes staring down, each a potential portal for unseen horrors. I was alone, footsteps echoing in the unnatural silence, a silence that hummed with a dread I couldn't place. The crosswalk, a stark pattern of black and white, seemed to pulse, its lines shifting as if alive, beckoning me into the oppressive darkness beyond.

The trees, skeletal and bare, reached out like gnarled fingers, their branches whispering secrets in a language I couldn't understand but felt deep in my bones. The air grew thick and heavy, a suffocating blanket that pressed against my skin. I tried to run, but my legs were leaden, each step a struggle against an invisible force that held me captive in this desolate, urban purgatory.

At the far end of the street, a flicker of movement caught my eye. A figure, indistinct and shifting, stood silhouetted against the dim light, growing larger with each agonizing step I took. It was coming for me, whatever it was, and the silence, once a heavy blanket, now screamed its approach, a deafening roar in the stillness of the night.

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