Followed in the Night.

Goldfinch60

 

I walk along the street,

The night is dark and foreboding,

There is somebody behind me.

I walk faster,

So do they.

I turn to confront them,

But they are gone.

I continue my journey,

Walking ever faster,

Turning suddenly,

But they are still not there.

I reach home safely,

My breathing returns to normal,

My mind calms,

And in that moment I realise,

I realise that all that was following me

On that dark foreboding night,

Were the words on this page.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Online Online)
  • Published: September 18th, 2017 01:29
  • Comment from author about the poem: I have just had another of my poems published and received the anthology "Light and Darkness" in which it was included, this is that poem.
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 62
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Comments12

  • orchidee

    Good write Gold. You hearing those word's footsteps? It may have been me, the phantom whisky-waterer!

    • Goldfinch60

      I will come and take your pork pies if you water my whisky! You have been warned.

    • Poetic Dan

      Brilliant! Really relate to this

      • Goldfinch60

        Thank you Dan, much appreciated.

      • Michael Edwards

        Did you hear any wordsteps Andy? Original and a great write

        • Goldfinch60

          No just a feeling that Calliope was about.
          Thank you Michael.

        • Accidental Poet

          Those footsteps were of your own muse. Very well done Goldfinch. ; )

          • Goldfinch60

            Thank you AP, I do hope the muse keeps on following me.

            • Accidental Poet

              hmmm, Are you thinking what I'm thinking? ; )

            • malubotelho

              Words are powerful. Nice writing Gold

              • Goldfinch60

                Thank you so much Mal.

              • WL Schuett

                Congratulations well deserved , a wonderful poem

                • Goldfinch60

                  Thank you WL much appreciated.

                • dusk arising

                  Do you ever push the words out ahead of you and see where they take you? Those recent fantasy things i wrote were done exactly like that. Any story therein somehow created itself around the phrases - it wasn't me. But there again its not you following you home either is it...... who is this clever nay, cunning person who creeps around poeticly? Maybe its that Orchidee the single malt-teaser.

                  • Goldfinch60

                    Sometimes the words seem to just appear in the page without me knowing about them, it may well be Orchi.

                  • myself and me

                    Those words that followed you right get inside of you.

                    • Goldfinch60

                      They sure did ManM

                    • FredPeyer

                      This is a great poem, Goldfinch, no wonder it was published. Congratulations!
                      With me, the words don't seem to follow, we seem to more walk beside each other, sometimes holding hands, sometimes quite far away, but still somehow connected.

                      • Goldfinch60

                        Thank you Fred. The relationship with words is a unique thing for each writer.

                      • orchidee

                        Cooeee, it could be me! You'll pinch my porkies and add water to my sherry. That'll teach me! heehee.

                      • poetboy5454

                        Wow a brilliant twist, incredible Gold!

                        • Goldfinch60

                          Thank you PB, much appreciated.

                        • Simple-Man87

                          That was really well written.. I've had a nightmare like that, a time or two

                          • Goldfinch60

                            Thank you SM, much appreciated.



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