Hallways

familiar hallways-
the same ones that haunted my dreams for a year
pulled me in- I wandered forward
anxiety spiked and adrenaline rushed
like I was living a nightmare
but it was so real-
 I could reach out and touch
where once, in my mind
I saw myself drowning.
where once the walls ran red and the doors melted into the faded plastic floor
i never wanted to see them again..
the daunting pink corridors of the cancer ward