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I lost it.



The light disappeared.

Or died out...



Either way I can't catch sight of it any longer.



I keep walking out of fear

Fear that if I stop I'll never start again



Even in the blackest darkness I've been in

I can still see faintly

Still see that a few feet ahead is a pit



A huge void I cannot cross

I shuffle to the edge and peer down into the crag



Nothing.



Nothing to see, nothing to hear.

I focus my gaze as on the opposite side as much as I can

I can see the edge

And I know it's out of jumping distance.



I take off my watch, pointless as it is in this darkness

And drop into the gaping maw



I drop to my knees to listen

Nothing.



A bottomless pit

No chance to clmib down and back up the other side.



I can't quit now, what am I supposed to do?



Then in the corner of my vision

I catch a shape I hadn't noticed before

I can barely make it out

But on the other side of the hole



There's a rope



It's hooked to a link in the wall

And looks as though I could use it to swing across



There's only one dilemma



It's on the other side...



With all the strength inside I holler

"Can anyone hear me?"



My voice echoes down the cavern.

After what seemed like hours

and still no response



I fall to the ground.



And sleep.