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Nov 2010
AS THE NIGHT CLOUDS ARE EYES THE FEAR INCREASES,
THE HAIRS ON YOUR NECK STAND,
YOUR HEART PUMPS INCREDIBLY QUICK,
PARANOIA CREEPS INTO YOUR SOUL,
RUN OR FIGHT,
SWEAT DRIPS DOWN YOUR BACK IN THE NIGHT BREEZE,
YOU GAIN A CHILL AND BEGIN TO SHAKE,
YOUR EYES DART BACK AND FORTH, THIS WAY AND THAT,
YOUR HOLDING YOUR BREATH WAITING FOR THE END,
SEEING GLOWING EYES ON THE GROUND,
SURROUNDED YOU THEY HAVE,
YOU BEGIN TO WALK,
A RUNNING SOUND YOU HEAR,
YOU QUICKEN YOUR PACE TO A JOG,
THE SOUND QUICKENS AND BECOMES DEFIANT,
YOUR LEGS BEGIN TO PUMP AS YOU RUN DOWN A STREET,
LOOKING BACK YOU SEE NOTHING,
WHICH ONLY INCREACES YOUR FEAR,
YOU SPEED UP STILL MORE,
SUDDENLY YOU STOP,
YOU HEAR NOTHING BESIDES YOUR OWN BREATHING, PANTING,
AND THEN YOU REALIZE,
NOTHING WAS RUNNING,
YOU WERE NOT BEING CHASED,
THE EYES YOU SEEN WERE YOUR OWN,
YOU SAW THEM IN THE SURROUNDING LAKE WHICH YOU WHERE STANDING BY,
THE DARKNESS IS YOUR FEAR,
YOU ENDANGERED YOURSELF,
REALIZING THIS HELPS YOU,
YOU HAVE NO FEAR AND WALK HOME FARTHER INTO THE DARKNESS.
Written by
Bryan J Powers
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