Night Time Stalker

Cherry

By forest_for_ever

Sat, 04 Sep 2021
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3 comments
 

Night Time Stalker

 

Hesitating, reluctant to sleep

The coal-hole night beat retreat

In and uncertain sleepless gloom

Mysterious shapes blurred the room

 

Fixing, straining, clawing for light

Half focused in peering fright

Ogres gathered in a menacing cluster

Quilt shielding strength is mustered

 

Gathering strength, multiplying courage

Emboldened now, comes the dawn

Hunch-backed sinister stalkers no longer gloat

An open wardrobe full of coats!

Certificate U
Poem
Infinity and Beyond
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

How often have we mistaken shadows or objects for something that it's not? Your poem reminds me of a tree outside my bedroom window when I was young, that used to reflect in as fingers clawing my wall.

Great use of the I P.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Mark Say on

I like the way you convey the vague sense of dread in the darkness, then the flash of humour at the end. Good one forest.

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

But what's behind the coats, I wonder...

Enjoyed this very much!