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Descriptive Essay About Darkness

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Darkness. It’s everywhere. It consumes me. Light. A small sliver of light shines upon an eerie face, yet I still can’t quite make it out. The faces body moves toward me. Poke. Something sharp stabs through the layers of my skin. It goes deep. Plunging into my soul. Tired. My eyelids grow heavy and the world blurs. Darkness. I awake. My eyelids, still heavy, struggle to open. Finally they do. They open to an unknown world. A world I have not seen before. Four stone walls surround me. No windows. A small chandelier dangles above me. It’s crystals illuminate the room. Beneath me lies pillows. Large soft pillows. There is one pillow for every color of the rainbow. Covering the floor around me is white carpet with splotches of red in various locations. Looking back at the stone walls I notice the paintings. Zoo animals and children all playing together. In the center of the wall to the left of me is a door. Overall the room is pleasant, but something isn’t right. I stand up and walk over to the door. It’s unlocked. Mildly surprised I step away, scared of what might await me on the other side. I wait a few seconds. After a few seconds, turn into minutes, I realize that I can no longer stand this room. The odd feeling is so overwhelming it’s almost sickening. I grip the door knob. It’s cold. So cold that I realize how hot the rest of the room is and how sweaty I am. I turn the cold knob and push. I open the door carefully only to find another room. This room practically mirrors the other one except for one exceptions. In place of the pillows is a table with two chairs and two platters upon the top of it. Growing curious, I decided to look under the platters. To my horror, I found two eyeballs and a heart. I screamed. They couldn’t be real could they? I stumbled away from the table. The door to the room slammed shut. The slam made the whole room shake. Or maybe that was just me. I lifted up one of my hands. It was trembling uncontrollably.
“WELCOME TO THE DEVIL’S MANSION!” boomed a voice out of nowhere. I shrieked again and frantically glanced around the room. I was still the only one in there.
“Please whoever’s there I beg of you, let me go!” I cried out to the disembodied voice. For several moments there

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