Pandora's Box Poem by Ronel O'Reilly

This is not what
I have imagined my life to be
A 3X3 meter fortress
thick walls
and steel gates
keeping all evil at bay.
Knights in brown uniforms
and rubber boots
patrolling through the night.
A mindless exercise
requiring no skill
but to stay awake.

Inside my fortress
Pandora's box
filled with endless possibilities
fragments of my imagination.
What to choose, what to choose...
Super Villan, Super Hero
the capacity to go
beyond this universe
always in control
of my own perception.