Running

Quite dark. I don't know where the insperation came from for this.

Tall spreading branches

Ravens shrieking overhead

Darkness creeping in

Closing cold fingers

Around my heart

 

Howling cuts through the thick tangles

To my left

Sobbing with fear, I run

Stumbling, falling

Crying in pain

 

The howling sounds again

They're  coming for me

Blindly running

Branches tearing my face

Running, running

 

Trying in vain to escape

Movement flickers

They've found me

 

Author's Note

Use your imagination to find what's chasing her. I'm sure it'll be more terrifying then anything I could write. Only you know what hides in your nightmares.

Reviews

[Ellusive Rose]

From the sounds of it and I'm using my imagination here, It sounds like wolfs are chasing after her. Blood thirsty wolfs hutning dinner and she was at the wrong place at the wrong time and now she's running for her life. I like it! We all had experiences whee we feel like we're running from our deepest fears and sometimes in the end, they do catch us. I love who you express the feeling of fear and running throughout this poem. You did a good job. Keep writing!

[Martin See]

very good use of imagery...the unspoken does more than descriptions of what haunts her...the wolfs represents to me deepest fears...at times they wolfs do devour us....it's a good reminder of the film blair witch project....good stuff...

[Jenthura]

First off, I instinctively knew it was a her; what else? But the imagery helped a lot too. I very much doubt a guy would run in that condition and situation. Secondly, I imagine she is running from something that howls. perhaps wolves as the review above suggests (or below, I don't remember the WC format). Maybe zombies or vampires, mummies or anything you can come up with in a horror story. It doesn't seem to be completely fear that starts her running, maybe she was in the forest because of grief?
Beautiful piece of work, but why are there double-spaces between two of the words, e.g. "They're coming for me"

[*** Hey Jude***]

I think you conveyed the feeling of being terrified, which we all can relate to at some time or another. Nice work~ Jude :-)

[BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE]

This sounds like a bad dream to me we have all seen this kind of scenario usually a woman dressed in white bare foot and there are vicious wolves chasing her down smelling her fear and thirsting to tear open her flesh and drink her blood after which she will be chewed to there are only blood stained bones that remain, the alternative is a lady in white who repeats the same scenario night after night and she is trying to escape her rapist but this victim is a ghost the ghost of a haunted dark wood where only an eagle keeps watch.

[Poetic Solace]

I just kind of thought of a werewolf when I read this.
I like how the fear is constant in your poem and the end.
"They've found me."
It just kind of closes it all.
:D Sweet poem

~Solace

[Fairy Tales]

i love thriller poems!