Suspense
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My computer hums a familiar sound,
The screen, pitch back, springs to life!
The beams of white light break through the night around me.
Familiar noises fill my room-
just one failure to watch
one fateful soft misstep
can bring a building down
cause chaos to erupt
i looked around for someone
i’m still not certain whom
relief flooded my chest
Everyday he watched.
He watched the corn growThe bird cawThe children laugh.
He watched them.
They never knew he did,but what else could he do?
He heard them.
She is a queen
Her face like wind through winter
She asked questions
And gave answers
In a clear voice
Then knelt before the Gray Wolf
Heir to the temple
Before hailing the ancestors
Each one of them is a suspect,
The air is thick with suspense.
The verdict wasn’t decided yet,
So the anxiety of all is immense.
They all look so uneasy,
Upon the beating of my rebel heart
Lies weight so heavy I can hardly breathe
I cannot place the feeling, but I know
That things are not as brilliant as they seem
I know those words should come out of my soul
OutsideThe entirety of my resolve runs with the river of tears thatTrickle, thenAfter a brief moment of suspenseBreak free, carvingCruel lines down my ravaged cheeks, a howling flood letLoose. My eyes are
Nobody's seen a shadow like I, a shadow that glows only at night.
From the nightly depths and shallows of the gallows this shadow does rise
Not in light of the fellow, bright yellow up high in the skies
