Alone With Someones Fate

Rooted, tightly I pull my coat around, Against the wind and the haunting sound. A howl that chills through the soul... I shiver a dead man’s shiver. Whose grave has been trodden upon? A scuffle calls me hither, weaving around a boulder My school bag, its burden great, falls from my shoulder. The busy street has abandoned me... Anxiety smothers me without mercy. Who is it that’s following me? I stumble and slide over the earth, Nature’s debris, after me, calling its wrath. This wilderness that’s stolen me is not mine... At a raven’s cackle I take flight. From where fell this dreadful night? Running away from what I do not know. I stop and stare, yet, as ever, I’m all alone. A wisdom worn sunray calls to me... A clearing ordering it to a close. Whose end is trying to end me? A bus tears past, choking my throat, dirtying my hair. School children stalk a football, at rivals they glare. The town clock chimes four, signalling home... Memories of what passed fade. But for my mundane, someone lost theirs? What feelings are real... I no longer know.