1 awakening

keep your chin up.. breathe.. don't show fear..

This is what I kept reminding myself as I walk through the gates. I am not sure how I ended up here everything is a blur as I follow the hooded figure past the brush and gravel around us, " welcome child of man " he growls out to us. " your no longer amongst your own kind, you now belong to the king, if he says clean you clean,if he commands your body give it away, it no longer is your own to command." I begin to question this help I've awoken to I shake my head hoping to be back in my own bed ,my sweet itchy bumpy bed. anything would be welcome compared to this nightmare I now find my self in. Nearing a forest I now feel this is truly nothing more than a dream. The trees,grass and earth and midnight black the water a bright blue illumination in the darkness. if not for the hooded creature I would revel in such sights but my fear is first and foremost in my mind. ' who is the king? why is there a king? where am I? and why do I feel like cattle being lead to a butcher?'