Fleeing Unseeing

Last night I dreamt of them Fleeing under the cover of darkness Liars, adulterers, murderers and thieves Terrified of the monsters on their heels They flew into an abandoned house and began pushing old furniture against the flimsy door When the glass windows shattered and there was a lound bang An eerie voice cackled and another one sang Petrified, they turned to look at one another When they were interrupted by a muffled scream followed by a deep shudder One of them fell on the hardwood floor They watched in horror as his hand turn into a freaky animal claw Shards of broken mirror flew into the air Into their eyes and into their hair Every reflection they saw turned into another scream Pinches! This was reality not some dream The front door broke into a thousand pieces Then came a volley of a stink of faeces When the police arrived they found nobody there Rumours flew and people said they were killed by a deadly grizzly bear Three years later the forensic team reopened the case Other tips from the public led the police to a futile chase A forensic expert went back to the house and found a single hair In the lab, she used a pair of tweezers to inspect the strange looking hair In that moment a strong desire came over her To touch the thick strand of hair with her bare hand She felt one pinprick and turned into quicksand. Copyright@BrigittePace2022