As I walk outside my mind
beats with unwanted fear.
Cool nighttime breezes ease their way through the black sky.
Deep breaths is all i can hold onto to keep myself alive.
Every move I make is being watched
fearing the most fearful
giving no attention to what is really here.
Hating the next step I take and then the step after that too.
I come to a frightening stop, howls set in.
Just as they come closer my steps increase and I find myself running
Keep going I tell myself it can't catch me this way.
Leaping through trees, sprinting past more and more deep howls.
My breaths get shorter, my legs slow down
nothing can save me now! My body then hits the cold ground.
Opponents, no they can't, but have won.
piercing thoughts sneak upon me
quiet, quiet they say as the wind blows down
rustlings come from behind echos of hungry howls weakening.
Soundless screams are sent alarming the hungry savages to stay away.
Too many things are happening at once, I shutdown.
Undisturbingly I lay here not making a move, I can't.
Voiceless, companionless, lifeless
Where did I go? What did they do?
Xenophoia is what
you might call it, but how could that simple thing turn me into a
zombie?
Author notes
this is option #4. i also used the technique of abc. if you look down all the lines the beginning letters are the alphabet!(starting at A and ending at Z) i thought it was neat and it helped me write! My fear is of coyotes. i know weird fear but is VERY much is scary to me. hope you like!
A contest entry
- Scary Options Contest! by neoladyem.
300 points, ended October 30, 2007, 17 entries
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Great job!
I really like that technique.
Great poem.
My kitty got eaten by coyotes when i was little so I don't like them either.
..If it's any consolation.
Haha. I'm lame.
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thank you for your comments. i'm sorry about your kitty. more of a reason for me to be scared and hate coyotes!
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One of the most unique ways to write a poem I have seen in this contest. It must been really tricky to find words for letters like Z,X. I love how you really don't seem to be trying to write this poem and seem so easy to think on it.
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thanks em! it was really hard to come up with both Z and X. i think the words worked out well though.
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Bravo
How very talented of you to write this poem. A-Z, fantastic. Keep up the good writing.
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thank you for your wonderful comments!
~horsecowgirl~
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