Red Eyes Glowing In The Dark

R ed eyes glowing in the darkness of the night

E vening stroll through the woods

D ogs barking in the distance

 

E erie feeling as my hair stands up on the nape of my neck

Y ielding me from wanting to go any deeper into the forest

E yes watching my every movement

S eeking me out

 

G iant trees hovering high above my head

L eaving only shadows from the moonlight here and there

O nward I travel down a leave strewn path

W ith a slight breeze in the crisp night air

I  become lost in my surroundings

N ot a human soul in sight

G rowling, I hear growling

 

I t must be one the dogs that has strayed into this place, I reason with myself

N o other creature growls like that

 

T he red eyes glowing in the dark, are coming closer

H orrid thoughts enter my mind that perhaps

E vil creatures of the night live here

 

D reading what my fate may be

A shuffling sound I hear as a bat flutters past me

R eminding me of vampire tales and wondering if perhaps

K eepers of the darkness are stalking me

Reviews

[a]

Our demons are always haunting us, and hunting us like warewolfs, like some mystical creatuers from beyond/below; to conquer them we have to look into ourselves, speak to ourselves and see, what happens, then deal with following, understand.
Thank you for this deep, passionate, dark piece of writing, great poetry!

[deeps]

I really enjoyed this write here
I think it's a wonderful write.

[Sean M. Addams]

wow i'm speechless on this one.... very nice detail and love the dark tones in this.... you should enter this in my edgar allan poe contest I think it would be perfect...

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

Congrats on your great winning poem

[George Love]

TEnsion that is not released and leaves the reader wanting more, much more in this case. A very tactical and clever work!

[Dianah]

I love the way the tension builds in this piece as well as the clever acrostic title.