The Stairs *some bad language*

True Story...

The Stairs

A girl 

lost in her own house.

Darkness envelops her.

She cannot see.

Fingers brushing the walls

to guide her steps.

Arms out to the side.

She turns,

Her fingers no longer touching the walls.

The stairs!

Extending her left leg,

she feels for the first step.

Then, the next,

and the next.

A fourth of the way down,

foot slips.

*Pause*

It was at this moment, she knew she'd f*cked up.

"AAAAAH!!!"

She shrieks in terror.

BOOM!

Butt meets wood.

Elbows bang.

Head flies back.

Heels forced down to stop herself.

Finally she stopped.

Standing up.

Gathering herself

and what little dignity she had left.

She placed her foot carefully on the next step,

then the next,

then the next,

and so on.

Two thirds of the way down.

All seems fine.

BOOM!

D****T! NOT AGAIN!

Thud, thud, thud, thud.

Heels back down.

Slowly stopping.

Phew!

(Then I just decided to scoot on my butt the rest of the way down.)

Author's Note

I don't know why I put this in poem form.

Reviews

[William Liston]

I think the poetic form fit nicely ... I think this would feel incomplete and wierd as prose, but I could be wrong.

Anyways, I enjoy pieces like this that make interesting spectacles out of seemingly simple things ... it helps to give an interesting perspective. I like how this uses a serious tone to describe something that's somewhat comical ... this is amusing and wierd (in a good way). Thanks for sharing.

- William Liston

[Addict With a Pen]

Great poem!
"Gathering herself and what little dignity she had left"
I think your poetic format made it fun and easy to read. This was quite amusing, and I like how you introduced the piece with sort of a mysterious feel.
"Lost in her own home" I was pulled in with that line, thinking it was going to be a horror thing.
Great format and great comedy!

[Quinn W]

Aaaaw! Thanks!

[Jaybee23]

very interesting, especially how* you chose butt over a** given you dropped the f bomb :) this is very chaotic, I imagine this is the life of a blind person... Sometimes we are all strangers in our own homes. thumbs up

[Quinn W]

Haha true! Thank you!