Friday, 4 December 2015

Knowing

Open Your eyes
Run Run Run
Don't look back 
Don't trip
They'll get to you 
They're so close
Don't look at them
They'll eat through your brain
By their murmuring
Their voices are crippling
They're speaking in my head

Cover your ears
Run Run Run
Do not listen
I can't
They're speaking in my head
COVER YOUR EARS!
Run

I'm down on the ground
Bent over
Clutching to my knees
As if they'll run away
As if they'll leave me
This hissing sound and those murmurs
They're carving in my tender flesh
As if it was a grave stone

Am I really dead
Could this really be the end

These are the voices of the people
Crying over me!

Is it really that I'm dead
Or is it only my head
Playing its games

The voices stop
The lights go off
My eyes close while they're still open
It's now so cold
It's now so dark
I'm now so alone, not knowing
If it has all been my head
Or I've been dead all along

1 comment:

  1. Enjoyed reading this piece and could feel the pounding in my head as well and the need to look around while running.

    Clutching to my knees - remove 'to'

    They're carving in my tender flesh
    As if it was a grave stone - While I like the image, I think it should somehow be in reverse. They're carving a tombstone as if it were tender flesh. Think about it.

    Keep on writing - and obviously running
    Nada

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