Darkness

She sits in a room of darkness
Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide 
She hears a sound
But ignores it like nothing’s there

Her mind is slowly losing control
She’s fidgeting and shaking so
She hears that sound again once more
The sound is eating her up inside 

She just wants to scream “Go away!”
The sound gets louder and louder
She feels like she has no control
Talking to herself so loudly

Now she’s losing control of her emotions
The pacing of footsteps starts to come near
She has nowhere to go
The footsteps come faster and quicker now

Sweat begins to feel her face
The footsteps stop now
She could feel her heart stop too
The shadow of footsteps are under the door

She closes her eyes
Doorknobs begin to turn
She starts breathing hard
The figure’s presence is there now

Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide
She sits in a room of darkness
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011


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Date: 7/21/2011 1:14:00 PM
superbly penned with my best CONGRATS! :) huggs!
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Date: 7/21/2011 4:09:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Catie Lindsey's contest "New Free Verse" Lesli. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/21/2011 3:46:00 AM
Wonderful Dark Free Verse, Lesli. Many congrats on your SUPER WIN. Lainie
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Date: 7/20/2011 3:26:00 PM
Congrats Lesli on your fantastic win in the contest with this brilliant beauty .. amazing lines .. enjoy your top ten sweet success luv..
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Date: 7/20/2011 2:28:00 PM
Thank you all who have commented on my poem so far :)
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Date: 7/17/2011 4:40:00 PM
What a blessing we have in PoetrySoup. A place to come to write and read and make new friends along the ink trail. I am wishing you a day full of inspiration. I enjoyed reading your poetry today and hope to read many more written by you in the future Lesli. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/8/2011 6:42:00 PM
Lovely expressions on Darkness, Lesli
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Date: 7/8/2011 6:00:00 PM
Welcome to Poetry Soup.. enjoy the site with its many features as u continue to share creative poetry as this gem with luv..
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Date: 7/8/2011 4:12:00 AM
A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you Lesli. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. Read and comment on their's and they will return in kind. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love and blessing always, Carol
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