Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Lurker

you turn your back
it stares
fingering your veins
gnarling at your throat
clawing at your stomach

watching, always watching
waiting, ever waiting

so patient.

cross the street
it follows
plucking at your heart
skittering in your mind
gnawing on your ankles

look behind, look away
walk faster, climb higher
so frantic

still there.

watching, always watching
waiting, ever waiting

shut the door
close your mind, scream.

multiplication tables
fractions.

Bits of songs
nursery rhymes.

Ashes, ashes
the walls come down..

find a rope
cut the cord

watching, always watching
waiting, ever waiting

fast awake
don't watch back
only one way to look
one to see..

past.

eyes wide shut
closed with coins
sockets dim
memory forgotten.

but The Fear
moves on
lives.. on

in him
in her
in you
in us.

watching, always watching
finding,
always finding.



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