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#hunted
RUN! RUN! RUN! through the forest BANG BANG BANG goes the sound FEAR FEAR FEAR overtakes you BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD on the ground HIDE HIDE HIDE in the bushes WATCH WATCH WATCH from away DEAD DEAD DEAD is the rabbit LIVE LIVE LIVE another day CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH the beast approaches FREEZE FREEZE FREEZE where you are CLOSE CLOSE CLOSE to the animal PRAY PRAY PRAY on every star NOISE NOISE NOISE it’s very strange LOUD LOUD LOUD it screams and roars FLY FLY FLY the birds escaping **** **** **** a bird that soars GONE GONE GONE the terror vanishes SAFE SAFE SAFE you now should be NIGHT NIGHT NIGHT makes it dark SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP peacefully
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May 14
May 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM UTC
Rabbit Hunting
Her zest deepened the hunted travailed barefoot over ember littered bridges a lone Elk under the Cedars in Munich treading ashes in the snow on the rise to Phoenix.
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Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM UTC
The hunted
Tar-dark world. The defining color is black, the inky night of her nocturnal hunts and the deep, bottomless dark of her alien retreat. A watcher of men, she is everything and nothing. She might be too much of something, or too little of something else. Time will sort out the particulars. There are no simple entry points – she demands engagement, and to be taken as a whole. Her discomfort is over her own allure, her undisturbed surface. It’s more about intuition and gesture than dialogue. They remain as echoes. They’ve made her beautiful in a real way, with hips and blemishes and dimples in her skin. The imprint of the lives she begins to grapple with as her time on Earth extends, leads her to stop seeing herself as a mere conduit for her mission, and to start developing a sense of subjectivity. Her life force is overlapping, shaping itself into a pattern of rings that simultaneously suggests a birth canal dilating, the stages of a rocket separating, and a lunar eclipse as seen through a telescope’s lens. She's a life-form you can’t quite understand, but it’s carrying on relentlessly, like a beehive, moving backward through the constellations at first approach.
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Feb 23, 2025
Feb 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM UTC
First Approach
I've paid the price, I've sacrificed Everything to know I'm fighting for the wrong side You ignited a spark with your deceitful tricks And I'm left alone with a flaming phoenix I thought she was hunting me, I'd seen the signs The glass breaking, and the crowd didn't see I've been on the wrong side of the lines Those warnings were coming from me I feel betrayed, but I stayed, I felt pity for you Didn't mean to make this start, oh, what could I do? Pure cranes that once flew in my dreams Their wings are blooded from you I have not spent months of recovering To be treated this way No more children I'll be mothering No longer will I stay I'm disappointed in all people For you being so deceitful For all your misleading lies And I still have to look into your eyes I'm just surprised that you could be So confident in the ability to mislead me The little spark you've created It has now turned into a flaming lion If your lies, you'll continue to tell It'll burn your soul down, and truth as well.
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Oct 5, 2024
Oct 5, 2024 at 11:21 AM UTC
Lion
I rested my feet on deck and took a gaze above. Behind me were clouds of trail released from ship's exhaust. As the sun hid shelter on the horizon. The crimson splash was painted aloft the skyline. Instantly, the sky was suffused with day and night. A surge of dusk breeze blew my head. Memories from the past wandered my mind. In a blink of an eye I realized— I'm not over you.
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Jul 16, 2022
Jul 16, 2022 at 11:54 PM UTC
Haunted
i lift my shoulders and hunch my back don't look at me don't look at me don't look at me walking faster, heart racing, i feel the presence getting closer leave me alone leave me alone leave me alone i break into a futile sprint it's not as though i can speak tell it to leave my sight tell it i have nothing left for it to take hope it believes me while i shove the final page of my story deeper into my pocket i know better than to lie to this thing my legs are growing heavy as i try to outpace it but it's no use an experienced hunter, the creature waits for me to exhaust myself running from it, then moves in for the **** at least there, i have the last laugh- i have already died from fear
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May 22, 2022
May 22, 2022 at 2:11 AM UTC
hunted to extinction
If we are addicted to the chase The rush received when we catch our prey To a life of fetch I will resign Bring back each time you run away Then you are finished fleeing Feelings will give a shove And I will switch tired places Will be your turn to go after my love Thrown high Cartwheeling midair Heart is a toy for you to chew No matter how distant I lay fallen For some reason still pursue You are the bone Can't resist Treat I never can earn We make a boomerang Without me have no way to return But if I do not have you I have nowhere No house to return to Depend on me to continue flying Like I depend on you This game can be played with two We go back and forth tossing ***** Obeying repeated commands loyally and prompt Whether returning sticks or missed calls It does not really matter who chucks Who sprints after affection wanted We're both addicted to the thrill The hunter or the hunted
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Nov 18, 2020
Nov 18, 2020 at 6:50 PM UTC
Fetch
We’re ****** in the chains of the past Walking souls trying to find the way back Stuck there In this vivid dream In this cycle of broken sins The biblical story, can’t you not see   Dirt Noir ****** Found peace among the ****** Among the **** Words cocking up on the spoon Thoughts breaking loose The flames reminded me that I was just a kid When you let him touch me Inhale the smoke Mainline it to forget that your heart is broke Once somebody told me I’ll burn my veins Before The words burn the pages
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Jun 9, 2020
Jun 9, 2020 at 7:22 PM UTC
burning
Comforted only by myself; warm in my arms. Trying to escape this world of evil and torture. Struck in the gut by a sharp feeling yet continuing to run. Embarrassed and ashamed to be seen in this body by the cold and sharp eyes of others. Naked. Scared of what they think of me, then running into hiding. Led by the forest's guiding hands, a place opens before me enshrouded in branches and concealed from the rest of the world. I kneel and lie on the dew-covered grass, grasping the blades in between my fingers, sobbing.  Trying to mask something ancient. Original Sin. Stolen from my family and left alone to rot underground. Hope shone like a beacon in my innocent eyes. Defiled and beaten in that stone tomb, my screams unheard. Taken to an unjust trial.  Displayed openly on the stand. Declared a beast among men; a witch.  Someone they imagined. Lies. Guilty, though never presumed innocent, they sentenced me to death. An uproar of excitement bursting from the bloodthirsty crowd. Order was thrown into madness.  I escaped my bonds and dashed away. Guards screaming.  Skin scratched in the turmoil. I fled from the chaos they assumed I caused. Hunted. Why must the world judge so harshly?  People are filled with hate. Jealousy and insecurities set off their emotions. But why must there always be someone to blame?  And why me? Was I not like any of them?  I was their friend, we cared for each other. Though, now their eyes are daggers, cutting me into pieces. Scarred. Stripped of my clothes and dignity.  Banished from my home. Them, to me, my only brethren; the only people I had ever known. I, to them, an image of depravity; one they created. A portrait of themselves reflected by my existence they hated. Consumed with the desire to **** they search desperately. Fear. Corrupting my self-image.  Condemning my self-esteem. Crushing my conscience.  Doubt pierces my thoughts. They sent my soul to the gallows and my heart to be burned at the stake. I try to soothe the pain myself but all I've done is make it worse. My mind weakened, my skin bruised, and feet tired of running. ****** My tears water the plants around me.  Pain throbs in my head. Blood pooling around my hand from the wound I received in the chase. The stars and moon are the only ones to look upon me as I once was seen. I let exhaustion overtake me.  The warmth of my skin seeps into the ground. Embraced by the night. Naked.
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Oct 30, 2019
Oct 30, 2019 at 7:11 AM UTC
Naked
Comforted only by myself; warm in my arms. Trying to escape this world of evil and torture. Struck in the gut by a sharp feeling yet continuing to run. Embarrassed and ashamed to be seen in this body by the cold and sharp eyes of others. Naked. Scared of what they think of me, then running into hiding. Led by the forest's guiding hands, a place opens before me enshrouded in branches and concealed from the rest of the world. I kneel and lie on the dew-covered grass, grasping the blades in between my fingers, sobbing.  Trying to mask something ancient. Original Sin. Stolen from my family and left alone to rot underground. Hope shone like a beacon in my innocent eyes. Defiled and beaten in that stone tomb, my screams unheard. Taken to an unjust trial.  Displayed openly on the stand. Declared a beast among men; a witch.  Someone they imagined. Lies. Guilty, though never presumed innocent, they sentenced me to death. An uproar of excitement bursting from the bloodthirsty crowd. Order was thrown into madness.  I escaped my bonds and dashed away. Guards screaming.  Skin scratched in the turmoil. I fled from the chaos they assumed I caused. Hunted. Why must the world judge so harshly?  People are filled with hate. Jealousy and insecurities set off their emotions. But why must there always be someone to blame?  And why me? Was I not like any of them?  I was their friend, we cared for each other. Though, now their eyes are daggers, cutting me into pieces. Scarred. Stripped of my clothes and dignity.  Banished from my home. Them, to me, my only brethren; the only people I had ever known. I, to them, an image of depravity; one they created. A portrait of themselves reflected by my existence they hated. Consumed with the desire to **** they search desperately. Fear. Corrupting my self-image.  Condemning my self-esteem. Crushing my conscience.  Doubt pierces my thoughts. They sent my soul to the gallows and my heart to be burned at the stake. I try to soothe the pain myself but all I've done is make it worse. My mind weakened, my skin bruised, and feet tired of running. ****** My tears water the plants around me.  Pain throbs in my head. Blood pooling around my hand from the wound I received in the chase. The stars and moon are the only ones to look upon me as I once was seen. I let exhaustion overtake me.  The warmth of my skin seeps into the ground. Embraced by the night. Naked.
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I was born into this, something I never wanted.  And all of my life, I've been running, hunted.  We're being tracked down and slaughtered, chased, by people with fire as their ally, their weapons made of silver or simply wooden stakes.  You've run us into a corner and murdered all of my kind out of fear, not a shred of their existence left behind, proclaiming it was for everyone's sake.  I am the sole survivor, the last of my race.  I have vowed not to fall victim to the same fate. You've claimed me to be a monster, but what does that mean?  The only monster I see is you.  Murdering and spreading rumors of my kind, you don't understand what I've been through.  Saying I've slain many, but you've killed more than a few.  Stop speaking of such things; it's hurting me.  Stop lying to yourself.  Why can't you see? Are you ignoring it purposely?  Look at me, into my soul, and realize the devastation caused by your pursuit.  Why can't you understand?  Monsters have feelings too. Though, it is too late to go back to peace.  The people can only see something unreal, a fake part of me.  And now, I will never be free.  I'm forever running from your conceit.  I have done nothing to bring you to this.  I've cut off my horns, my fangs, and my claws to try and be a part of your bliss.  I burnt my fur and scorched my skin, but all I've done has been dismissed.  I have to hide in caverns deep.  In the cold and damp, I sleep, afraid to be found in my cavern keep. I could never fight you, that would only make things worse than before.  My skin is covered in my crimson blood and I'm in pain from the scars.  In anguish, I roar.  My gargantuan, curled ebony horns lay broken and cast aside; my thick, midnight blue fur reduced to patches and strewn across my stone lair; my calloused pads raw from running; my weary eyes tortured and worn.  I've given up on living any longer.  It's better to die and to be conquered than to be caged and grow weak from hunger; so I step out of the cave, crawling out on all four; and I lie down, exhausted, on the forest floor.
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Aug 21, 2019
Aug 21, 2019 at 7:52 PM UTC
A Monster's Feelings (Part One)
I was born into this, something I never wanted.  And all of my life, I've been running, hunted.  We're being tracked down and slaughtered, chased, by people with fire as their ally, their weapons made of silver or simply wooden stakes.  You've run us into a corner and murdered all of my kind out of fear, not a shred of their existence left behind, proclaiming it was for everyone's sake.  I am the sole survivor, the last of my race.  I have vowed not to fall victim to the same fate. You've claimed me to be a monster, but what does that mean?  The only monster I see is you.  Murdering and spreading rumors of my kind, you don't understand what I've been through.  Saying I've slain many, but you've killed more than a few.  Stop speaking of such things; it's hurting me.  Stop lying to yourself.  Why can't you see? Are you ignoring it purposely?  Look at me, into my soul, and realize the devastation caused by your pursuit.  Why can't you understand?  Monsters have feelings too. Though, it is too late to go back to peace.  The people can only see something unreal, a fake part of me.  And now, I will never be free.  I'm forever running from your conceit.  I have done nothing to bring you to this.  I've cut off my horns, my fangs, and my claws to try and be a part of your bliss.  I burnt my fur and scorched my skin, but all I've done has been dismissed.  I have to hide in caverns deep.  In the cold and damp, I sleep, afraid to be found in my cavern keep. I could never fight you, that would only make things worse than before.  My skin is covered in my crimson blood and I'm in pain from the scars.  In anguish, I roar.  My gargantuan, curled ebony horns lay broken and cast aside; my thick, midnight blue fur reduced to patches and strewn across my stone lair; my calloused pads raw from running; my weary eyes tortured and worn.  I've given up on living any longer.  It's better to die and to be conquered than to be caged and grow weak from hunger; so I step out of the cave, crawling out on all four; and I lie down, exhausted, on the forest floor.
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Localize broken eyes, Fated lies, go retry Snapping till you awake, Come back for your own sake, Testing blows, it's music, Melodies make me sick, Hefty stack on the way, Laughing out, celebrate, Open skies, nothing new, Sun outshines all the blue, Flooded land, rushing green, Endless too, such a scene, Fleeing fast, go away, Made money for the day, Fortunate, for my head, Checkmate, kings, i'm not dead
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Jan 13, 2019
Jan 13, 2019 at 9:32 PM UTC
Bounty
Sometimes in life It is a dreary day And it seems Like always you will be the hunters prey But you must take that beating and turn it into a meal worth eating Sometimes you must put up with the storm Because a desert comes from no rain Where all life the sun had since slain
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Nov 15, 2018
Nov 15, 2018 at 8:38 PM UTC
Sunshine
I’ve never been so cold While lying next to you I’ve lost that hand to hold You watch my skin turn deathly blue I am the venison Left unwanted after the hunt Still warm, sensitive Dying in the cold front I only wish I freeze peaceful The snow covers me white My death comes so blissful As the moon overtakes the night The hunters have left to kiss their women Hug their kids and sleep soundly While my decayed body is unwritten And my spirit is ungrounded Doe of the night, Wisting away in the wind The soul of The Taken takes flight And finds his own ending
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Nov 14, 2018
Nov 14, 2018 at 3:08 PM UTC
venison
It’s a dream, you desperately follow, You live in a miracle world, What I give you is solely sorrow, Yet you see me as a gold. You are left with deepest vibes, True love is taken for granted, Your feelings are sharp knives, Mind is blurred, soul is hunted. You stuck in a distressful ship, Heading to port of sadness, Let me give you a tip, Leave my ship, for goodness.
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Jul 18, 2018
Jul 18, 2018 at 7:31 AM UTC
ESCAPE ME
The Wanderer What land is this stretched out before me? I am forever lost inside a world of hatred, hunted by their vengeance. Trusting in no one but myself inside this Hell; I find myself wandering in search of a saviour to offer me guidance. I beg, I plead; I foretell a future with an unbroken promise, If I am to be blessed with sight, when I am blind to all witness. I confess I am lonely in such a barren place; I fall detached from any form of comely shaped temptress, blaming all. I am unworthy of your anger, for I am invisible to any kindness; I seek some meaning inside this world, But I see no way of becoming disenthralled. A dark ranger stalks my footsteps; I shall be captured and added to the prisoners of hopelessness. Pain reigned, so I sought shelter within a drug. Now all I am is lost in the wilderness and all I can do is wander on. Could I have foreseen this foretold future? Was it written down for me to read? Is there any way I can fix my existence with a simple suture? I need a loophole in my downfall, in which I can believe in, So that I can put my faith in the hope that one day I shall be set free. (C)2016 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
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Jun 13, 2018
Jun 13, 2018 at 8:25 AM UTC
The Wanderer
for i am a deer in a family of hunters
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May 14, 2017
May 14, 2017 at 9:50 PM UTC
save me
Stalked by the lion 


I am the weak prey evading it’s jaws


 My legs are lagging and I cannot rest until I know I am safe


 This barren savannah has no mercy


 No respite to hide , so I must keep running.


 A vulnerable antelope, my stamina wanes


 Stumbling and panting, my will to survive subsides


 Tunnel-vision focused on an escape, when will this end?


 Only when the hunted becomes the hunter.
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Aug 30, 2017
Aug 30, 2017 at 5:54 PM UTC
The Hunted
focus on the **** sights collect, gullible prey antlers collect prize
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Jun 11, 2017
Jun 11, 2017 at 3:08 PM UTC
focus on the ****
My wolves are at war, Angry ******* beasts, Mapping out their territory, Tattooing stigmata on my flesh, Haunting my moon, My soul a ****** battleground, Stripped bones, Marrow ****** dry. At the first speck of dawn, I am their master, Shackling my beasts, To distant lands, Decaying facades and dead spirits. My wolves howl, Begging, Feed me, Break my chains, Set me free.
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Jun 9, 2017
Jun 9, 2017 at 5:58 PM UTC
Caged
Shall I make my grand return? Or are you still cautious, Wary of spectacular entry, Garnished grandeur, Needless in all its brilliance? I feel a presence, It's hunting, seeking. It has found you, And I shall remove it from existence Eliminate with loyalty, With heart, with unseen protection... Ah, loyalty. A word I do so enjoy, one that I honour Eripere de tenebris, maneant in tenebras. My new motto
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Sep 7, 2016
Sep 7, 2016 at 5:40 AM UTC
From the Shadows...
**This moon with a white gold aura, And I saw it's pretty halo of love. Don't go out tonight, your gonna Get hunted by werewolf and stuff!**
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Aug 28, 2016
Aug 28, 2016 at 8:11 PM UTC
Halo Poetry-About The Moon
First Contact "How did I get here,I can't remember, my brains burning out like a dwindling ember, are those tears in my eyes?-no its pourin' rain, I'm lying on my back in the bottom of a stormdrain, hunted like an animal,but still I'm deadly, like a wounded lion,you better bet ye, will lose more men than I've already taken(taken sample), the hunter hunted? I think you're mistaken, I'm a one man army,armed or not, you didn't bring enough manpower,have you forgot?, that the sandman(badman,phantoms in the dark) has more in his bite than you do in your bark, it's getting dark now,tables turning, tyger,tyger,my eyes are burning, better keep your guard up,I've been confronted... but how can you tell who's hunter or hunted? 16. Riposte Better count your sentries,I think ones missin, when you see his blood glistenin your pants your ****** in, should have been listenin,I gave you a chance, now its time for the Sandman to do his dance, like a praying Mantis I move so swiftly, bullet's fly like locusts,but each one missed me, the Locus and Focus of my 3rd eyes movin, got your sentries rifle,but I won't even use it, taunt you haunt you,flaunt skills I honed, from a broken home,to the streets to battlezones, catch you alone,smash your skull with a hanbo, appear behind you from the mud like Rambo, bodies placed like hannibal,a deadly scene, you're a ****** housecat and I'm wolverine, told your boss you could get me now you know you fronted, cat and mouse reversed-YOU'RE the one who's hunted. Denoument Now I know who you are,and I know where you live, and in this line of work I can't forget or forgive. We were partners once now you've betrayed my trust, taught you everything you know,now it's ashes and dust your bodyguards are good,but they know I'll get ya, more ghost than man,a modern day ninja, leave you injured,begging for mercy, but you know the concept is alien to me, grabbed the bull by the horns,my hand you forced, you're a moveable object,I'm unstoppable force, force feed your limbs til you beg for death, line your family up and slowly take their heads, then I'm in the wind,gone like keyser sozey, the word is spread,don't try to **** me, you were my friend,but you crossed the line, try to hunt the Sandman,"you're all ****** dyin"
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Mar 27, 2016
Mar 27, 2016 at 3:36 PM UTC
Hunted.
First Contact "How did I get here,I can't remember, my brains burning out like a dwindling ember, are those tears in my eyes?-no its pourin' rain, I'm lying on my back in the bottom of a stormdrain, hunted like an animal,but still I'm deadly, like a wounded lion,you better bet ye, will lose more men than I've already taken(taken sample), the hunter hunted? I think you're mistaken, I'm a one man army,armed or not, you didn't bring enough manpower,have you forgot?, that the sandman(badman,phantoms in the dark) has more in his bite than you do in your bark, it's getting dark now,tables turning, tyger,tyger,my eyes are burning, better keep your guard up,I've been confronted... but how can you tell who's hunter or hunted? 16. Riposte Better count your sentries,I think ones missin, when you see his blood glistenin your pants your ****** in, should have been listenin,I gave you a chance, now its time for the Sandman to do his dance, like a praying Mantis I move so swiftly, bullet's fly like locusts,but each one missed me, the Locus and Focus of my 3rd eyes movin, got your sentries rifle,but I won't even use it, taunt you haunt you,flaunt skills I honed, from a broken home,to the streets to battlezones, catch you alone,smash your skull with a hanbo, appear behind you from the mud like Rambo, bodies placed like hannibal,a deadly scene, you're a ****** housecat and I'm wolverine, told your boss you could get me now you know you fronted, cat and mouse reversed-YOU'RE the one who's hunted. Denoument Now I know who you are,and I know where you live, and in this line of work I can't forget or forgive. We were partners once now you've betrayed my trust, taught you everything you know,now it's ashes and dust your bodyguards are good,but they know I'll get ya, more ghost than man,a modern day ninja, leave you injured,begging for mercy, but you know the concept is alien to me, grabbed the bull by the horns,my hand you forced, you're a moveable object,I'm unstoppable force, force feed your limbs til you beg for death, line your family up and slowly take their heads, then I'm in the wind,gone like keyser sozey, the word is spread,don't try to **** me, you were my friend,but you crossed the line, try to hunt the Sandman,"you're all ****** dyin"
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Hunted and stalked She was caught Forced into the car Out in the woods so far No one heard her cries Hands behind her back tied She tried to plea His hits just made her bleed Shoved into the dirt He was gonna make her hurt He killed his prey She dies a little more each day
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Mar 19, 2016
Mar 19, 2016 at 8:01 PM UTC
Stalked
I'm being hunted, I am the pray Eyes darting everywhere, thoughts in disarray Drove by him on the street this morning, our eyes locked **** now he knows the car is my only thoughts I had moved away from my home town Hope upon hope I wouldn't be found But I still work in this God forsaken place In this **** town every day, so now I'm being chased I don't understand why he won't let me be It's been so many years, why can't he just forget about me Although I know in his drug addled mind I'm the one that got away and left him behind He is truly crazy, that's what scares me the most And I know all the demons he host He's lived most of his life in prison, or on the streets He's one of the homeless like many you meet But he's a dangerous CRAZY Of that there's no maybe He told me a few years go of the women he's ***** and beaten If he would die there would be one less demon **** As I sit here writing this, out the window I spy Him nonchalantly just walking by Why ******* now does hunt me this way I feel like crying in dismay But I'm at work so I hide my fear **** if he hadn't seen my car he wouldn't know I was here My client is handicapped and his father old All of this their mind couldn't hold If he's still here after my work day I'll have to lure him away After all it's just me that he craves And I know he will always till either him or I lie in the grave
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Mar 19, 2016
Mar 19, 2016 at 7:50 PM UTC
Hunted
This Land is my Land This Land is Your Land ...walk of Heaven soft footsteps of the chockar  hunter Snapping twigs across the hillside of being ..the sound of Peace Lift As the fluttering wings of the morning dove, satisfied, Just before the bullet strikes World  of Love,   the We of the me both the hunter and the hunted Free Grace Unheld Captivity Born of every moment Love's Free Life And so it is
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Dec 8, 2015
Dec 8, 2015 at 2:05 PM UTC
Dove