Deeper ever deeper,
down the winding stair
my footsteps start to scream
is there anybody there ?
Whispers deep inside my head
calling, begging, pleading
help me, find me, save me
souls in torment, bleeding.
My eyes search in the darkness
I stumble on the floor
a trap door bolted shut
I tremble to my core.
Harrowed voices, yearning
beneath my fingertips
as I slowly raise the hatch
a scream sits on my lips.
Blackness like a solid wall
hits me like a stone
a tortured face before me
praying, yet unknown.
Grasping hands caress my throat
my story hard to tell
I slam the trapdoor shut
and close the gates of hell.
Author notes
Option 7 - A trapdoor.
A contest entry
- Something a Little Bit Different by SomeGirlYouKnew.
1200 points, ended December 14, 2008, 17 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - the DARKWRITE challenge rides again by Ktulu Blackwolfe.
600 points, ended December 20, 2008, 39 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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AWE INSPIRING!!!!!! Short, sweet and deliciously worthy of this contest for SURE!!!!! I actually shivered with the imagery portrayed here. Creepy, eerie and heart pounding... thank you for the fright
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Very nice. I loved the imagery here that seemed to take me away. Great job.
**Ktulu Blackwolfe** -
Very nicely done, love the rhyme has a cool beat when reading. The imagery portrayed is quite eerie, nicely done! Thank you for entering and good luck
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wow this is an amazing poetry, it's so powerful, i feel trapped a little as i read it, i love what you did with the prompt it's a little dark, but perfect, best of luck in the contest
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Wow, awsomely scarry take on the prompt. Unique I think. Gave me the chills, thanks for sharing UNT.
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this sent shivers down my spine.
especially the last stanza.
and thanks for rhyming ^_^
good luck!
and thanks for entering.
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Oh how very vivid and a tad creepy! You built this tale to its climax really well. Great flow and rhyme. I love reading your work
All the best with this.
Gaylene
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