I was drifting through perilous pines Skipping stones and raking through rhymes Like leaves on a warm autumn afternoon Staring skyward, wishing the sun wouldn't wither so soon
When a realization ******* my reaction time As raindrops ran rigid down my head, a sign I figured, maybe foolishly, I should head toward the house on the hill With the dull colored window panes that curiously caused a chill Down my spine, like a spider creeping And still I found, toward the house I was heading
Upon arriving at the front garden The wind picked up, my countenance hardened I hoped I had trekked there for a fruitful find Then I looked down, heard a sound and a saw a line In the grass that looked to lead around back The sound was a whirring loud enough to give a heart attack
I wandered around the house, the noise still echoing in my head Thoughts of witches and ghosts lingered like I was a child before bed Having made my way to the side of the sulking structure Yes, it seemed to sulk there, like a heart that had been punctured An old tractor with worn wheels sat, facing me But a faint glinting in the grass beneath the tire was all I could see So I moved in, bent down and heard the noise again! Just as I got close enough to see, my knees gave in The tractors engine had started, and the wheel splattered my head