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Poetry: Never look back

by Marykathryn Crabtree

Created on: February 23, 2009

STILLNESS

It was cold.

My breath hung in the air

as if suspended.

My heart was beating.

Wildly. quickly.

I was scared.

Over my shoulder

I saw him

running toward me.

Faster, faster, faster.

The crispness of the

snow echoed in the

stillness of night.

Closer

closer

closer...

and then~

I woke up

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