Footsteps

Familiar silent footsteps echo everywhere Yet there is no one there Here in the sanctuary of home The footsteps return Haunting my every move Like a vampire feeding on sanity My peace of mind Wasted in the darkness A lifeless soul drained of all reason A whisper or is it the wind Fear dries to sand in my throat Reminders from buried memories Flashback in silent movie reels A whispered threat As the mind cowers in submission Yielding the body to the inevitable To the death found in another’s destiny. The touch tightens Garrotting the air from my throat No scream in the silence And darkness brings blessed peace As the pain ends! Form: Free Verse

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John Rhinem

Date: 5/6/2012 4:50:00 PM

Smile ˜ Quite Intriguing, My Dear Precious & Beautiful Lady * I Myself Have Briefly Pondered Death & Or Anything Else That May Ever Occur During This Blink Of An Eyes Moment In Time ˜ Yet I Always End Up Smiling As I Return Unto The Same Peaceful Conclusion; Be It Possession, Death, Agony, Etc? ˜ Your Will Be Done * "MY DEAR BEAUTIFUL FATHER." * Smile, Then I Carry &, All Is Well With My Soul * My Love, Forever; John!:) ˜

Jemmy Farmer
Date: 5/9/2012 12:13:00 AM

Thank you John, blessings of love and light with you too

Date: 5/6/2012 4:52:00 PM

...."Tis Suppose To Read, 'Then I Carry On, & All Is Well With My Soul.'" *