The Last Page

A stranger came up to me wearing a hoodie that hid his face, handing me a book with my name as the cover.

Walking home from work one night

A hooded figure passed me by

Eyes hidden beneath the hood

A smirk I saw, then understood.

 

Quickly I began to run past

Yet, his grip snatched me way too fast

Without a word he showed me a book

My name on the cover; I saw and shook.

 

He pushed the book close to my chest

I took it from him in my distress

Opening to the very first page

I saw in print my life on display.

 

I looked back and the man was gone

So quickly I ran back to my home

The night was long and treacherous

As I read every detail, my whole life in print.

 

I read to where I was currently

Then noticed something very interesting

In horror I shut the book away

Seeing as I was on the last page.

Reviews

[Lost in Wonderland]

wow Michael! This was a very gripping poem. I was sucked in during the very first line and felt myself living the poem as I was reading it. I saw everything- the expressions, emotions of confusion, smugness, fear, shock, I saw the dark surrounding, the darker hood. And oh my goodness that ending was great! I couldn't see it coming! Very original idea and piece, and- of course- very well written as usual. Great job!
God bless:)
~Mickey

[Michael Thrower]

Thank you so much! It's been so long since I've heard from you D: I'm glad to see you're still on here :) Thank you again for taking the time to review this

[Lost in Wonderland]

I know right! D: ugh school's been ridiculous haha but I'm still here:) No problem at all! This was great:)

[audrie]

THIS IS SO COOL! nice play on the words and storyline

[Addy]

Wow. Very quirky and interesting. Also gripping. I like it a lot

[Wuji]

What a quirky fantasy poem, very unexpected :)

[justjenn_2u]

A journey of twists and turns rants in this poem. I love the closing line "Seeing as I was on the last page." Your destination still unknown just as a poem doesn't deserve a clarifying answer.

[Michael Thrower]

Thank you! Very pleasant review.

[J. Garcia]

Very nice! I loved it! So mysterious and balanced, I felt as if I were there! Really wished it didn't end with a cliffhanger but those are the ones that send you a rush of adrenaline!

[Michael Thrower]

Lol thank you! I love that sort of tease-ending, and I've gotten some requests to continue on. Maybe I will, who knows. Thanks for the review :)

[SpeedyHobbit Armstrong]

Nice representation of the cloaked, hooded figure nobodyt ever wants to see! I am going to assume that figure is Death, given the physical description and the words "I was on the last page"?

[Michael Thrower]

It could have been anything. Death, an angel, a demon, just a normal man, a brother, or even the character from his past life. It can be anything. That's why it's so great and mysterious. To be honest, I wouldn't not want to see them. In fact, I would be very eager.

[Moebia]

This was so so so interesting to read! The first two verses and I was already hooked. Normally, I'm not one for poetry that has a specific rhyme and pattern, but this is definitely an exception. Each word fits so perfectly into place. And I LOVE the story in this. It actually reminds me of a story I wrote a year ago. A women was writing a book and she soon realized she was writing a book of her own life, of which of course she found out her death. And it ended like that. She died while writing.
But anyways, amaaaazing job dude. 100/100

[Michael Thrower]

That's awesome! I really thought you were going to put in how she manipulated the book of her life to her will, doing and dying anything and anyhow she wanted. That would be very neat. But thank you very much! Very nice review :)

[Rob Santana]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!! And?????? Then what happened!?!?!?! Your on the last page and what Michael!!!! Good grief man, don't do that!!! Good write but you really need to continue!!

[Michael Thrower]

Lol thanks haha xD That's an interesting idea though, continuing it with another poem. But I love that sort of tease and mystery within my work too ;p Thank you so much for the review.

[Jasmine S. Edwards]

Very interesting. I would only hope that this doesn't happen to me anytime soon. If so, I would hope that there are many blank pages after.