April 02, 2012
Sorry, it took me a while to post any poetry... not sure why but I haven't. Here's one I just finished. Using some art work with it. I know, some people don't like to mix pics with poetry... but it's a part of what I like to do, mixing art forms/ However, for those who can't stand it, I have included a post of the poem by itself!
SHADOW DOG
The shadow was chasing me down, becoming larger,
heftier as it approached. I picked up speed—
not running away, I’d never do that—just trying
to make it... make it to... to the light of that streetlamp,
safe in the glow of the streetlamp I would be
from the black-dog like thing ...
Rain in huge, cold drops; rain
pounding the top of my hoodie,
throbbing at the same rate of speed
as my heart. My thoughts, though,
moved too slow, tried hard to keep up
with the dark question hammering away
at the inside of my skull...
What did this shadowy thing want with me?
It wasn’t mine. It belonged to someone else
or some thing else
that I couldn’t quite see...
I remember the smell of sweat. I turned
to confront it... the smell of dog shit
on the sidewalk... it’s a crime, you know,
not to clean up after your pets.
But there’s nothing funny
about this shadow dog’s bark... it was loud,
too loud, so loud when it slammed into my chest,
sliced its way through my chest, my flesh, the muscles
that protected my
heart... and that sound... CRACK!
My heart... it
stopped my heart from ever racing again.—rrw 3-30-12
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