Best Poems Written by Aliah Kelly

Following the Moonlight

she jogged quickly at first
with only the sound of her
jagged breath breaking the 
dead silence of the night

after only minutes of running 
her pace regressed towards limping
and she grew weary from the loss of blood

her faltered vision allowed her to see the
wounds she had attained that night
the sight of her bruised body
brought tears to the rims of her 
blackened eyes

she let the light of the moon guide her
to a place where she could rest and continue to cry tenderly
 for the remainder of the night

for a minute she surrendered
herself to the aura of the night
to the silence
to the serenity

it wasn’t long before the silence
was broken
now it was simply a distant memory

they were close before she had a chance to retreat
they moved in quickly and quietly
they had picked up her scent 
and once again she was in the midst of peril

where was she to run

no, she would not run
from them
not again

not because she didn’t want to run
primarily because she could not

she stared into the face of death would she
be able to slip through the cracks
and escape with her life once again

no
she knew she would not 
she must sit still and await her fate

as she followed the moonlight with her eyes
she could feel them closing in on her
she knew danger was approaching
This is the end , she thought to herself

Yes 
she knew it was as she felt them gnawing on her already
wounded body
and her screams and cries could not discourage them
it is in the moonlight where they remember her
for that is where her corpse is destined to lay for eternity

Copyright © Aliah Kelly | Year Posted 2007