she left the men and the trail behind long ago
yet she continued her frantic pace
across the desolate plain
narrowly avoiding jagged chunks of dead rock
that threatened her footing
she was starving for water
as was the terrain
there was no green to be seen
as she ran she kept her eyes on the high tops of the redwoods
hoping they meant water was nearby
the air she was inhalingย in great, greedy gulps
was burning and drying her mouth and nostrils
surely the dark ones were no longer following
but she couldn’t risk stopping
she staggered on even after
the sharp brittle fingers of dead, black bushes
slashed and scarred her face and legs
she slipped and stumbled, floundering for footing
a great dread possessed her as she tumbled
over the snarled edge of the ridge
into,
into what?
all her weary eyes could make out was darkness
and then came the searing pain
then nothing-
~Melanie Thomason
Wow, you are determined to leave us wanting. Two poems today and two endings that make the reader goโฆWHAT? If they were written on paper, I would flip them over to see if there was more on the backs. Excellent poem.
๐ As I hit the button to post this I said to Brian…Gigi is going to kill me…2 poems in one day with no real resolution or ending ๐
Glad you enjoyed it even if I am frustrating ๐
โค ya!
Great suspense!