Tag: fear

  • Nightfall in the Forest by John Grey

    Nightfall in the Forest by John Grey

    Trees, gun-metal dark,creak and moan.Mice scurry through the underbrush.There’s a hoot owl in their heavenand it promises to wreak hell. All is unhinged when the sun goes down.Long-held opinions dissipate in shadow.There’s no more bird song.Air fills with bat squeak instead.Hunger pushes some creatures into the open.Predators are unharnessed somewhere…

  • Eyes With Fear by Ramzi Rihani

    Eyes With Fear by Ramzi Rihani

    Drumrolls are heard from behind the mountainsPeople prepare for the festivities to startLittle do they know that the end is nearAs the rage of war fills the eyes with fear Lovers pick up daffodils in the prairiesOblivious to the sound of rocketsWarmongers pledge an encounter with GodNegotiating contracts broad and…

  • The Dark Side by Tom Corboy

    The Dark Side by Tom Corboy

    Is darkness onlyAbsence of lightOr individual personaA personal night. Does it gather at duskAnd retreat at dawnOr is it a twenty-four hourCloud that is drawnA personal darknessPersonal absence of light? No amount of sunCan ease the frightOf not knowingIf anyone’s home. Do you see meAre you entirely alone? Tom Corboy…