Run!

Run run run

Breathless, heart pounding

Danger coming, don’t look back

Darkness closing in, trees creeping

Danger danger danger

Chest hurting, lungs screaming

Don’t stop, run

Getting closer, it’s getting closer!

Don’t scream, don’t waste breath

Don’t look back, please don’t look back

Legs aching, hands clenching

Please make it stop

Tripping, feet numb

Falling, falling down

Hands outstretched, pain

Forehead on cold ground, dirt in eyes

Hold breath, keep still

Listen, nothing, no sound

Don’t look back, don’t look back, don’t look back

Squeeze eyes shut, listen

Danger, danger, danger?

Don’t turn around

Don’t look back

I looked back

I screamed