"The Pleiades, Poems of A Darker Light" (Poetry) - "This Forest Wants Me Dead"

"This Forest Wants Me Dead”

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uNSZOi5Mb

I just wanted to take a peaceful walk and clear my head. As I walked, I had an eerie feeling that the forest wanted me dead.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW3vmdSCKO

I walk farther under the wet green canopy; it seems I can hear whispering of someone saying, I want you dead.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fQqLJ3c3D

As I take each step one in front of the other I can hear the leaves and sticks crunch beneath my feet right after another.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBEp4V5Dex

It's very oddly quiet, not a bird nor a chipmunk can be heard. The wind doesn't seem to play its normal serenade, one string at a time, but nothing can be heard.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FTmQkB8fa

I swear I can see glowing yellow eyes watching me. I swear I can hear someone say, 'You have nothing to live for.'

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rPV770su1

In my peripheral, I see shadows racing behind the trees. I can still smell the rain and the coat of dampness covering everything.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jMmqC9ID9

It's like I stepped into a prequel to a nightmare. Maybe, just maybe, I should go home.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXjzyZ2Os2

Is my mind playing tricks on me, or is this forest wanting me dead? Are the ghosts of the dead animals following me? Are they watching me from the treetops?

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOstnTw8qr

Yet, I hear not even a squirrel scamper around. I think this forest wants me dead.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtke5LA5OlF

I can smell death, and it is close. It will surround me in its clammy embrace.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoJBDfbSdm

I keep having visions of me hanging by my neck from a branch. I hear a voice say, 'Just do it, you will be free like me.'

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArs9bpn70y

'Like who?' I said.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmQx6CrYOZ

'It said, you know. Your best friend.'

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD57ImueVmV

'Be like me,' a whisper carries this message to my ear. 'You have nothing to fear, I'll be with you.'

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkL6hTQ5B7

'Remember me hanging from the tree in the backyard?'

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0TAD2YZiF

'Is that you, my dead friend?'

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlCzJKsAEt

'Yes, I'm here,' the voice said. 'Join me in death, my friend. Join me, so I won't be lonely.'

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHlvalLLp2

'It won't be hard, just use your belt. Join me in eternity.'

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxAuQboc9S

So I used my belt and joined my friend. Now, I do know this forest wants me dead.

656Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkhIYF9ax3

ns216.73.216.140da2

Reading Theme:

Font Size:

Line Spacing:

Paragraph Spacing:

Load the next issue automatically