Her throat was parched, her muscles screamed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet she stopped not for a breath<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The eerie streets, the dormant sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wind smelt of fear and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The virgin darkness seemed to house<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unnamed monsters at every niche<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waiting for her to take one wrong step<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The invertebrate city slept at ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She wished she’d returned while the sun still lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her ailing mother waited for her<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the extra hours of overtime paid-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The electric bills and the doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She ran faster, and faster still<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her heart hammered against her chest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Were those footsteps that she heard?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She chanced a glance, risking some rest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indeed, a shadow lumbered over<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heavy feet hitting the ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her eyes widened, her pace sped up<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her crippling fear betrayed no sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She did not want to end up here<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the pavement, worse than dead<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Limbs torn apart, blood watering grass-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In hysterics, harder she fled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wind whistled into her ear<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A stream of vicious, painful hazards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soon she was flying, and like a fallen star<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She fell on the road, knees scraped by shards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She’d not go out without a fight<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She won’t let candles weep for her<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was spent, but her eyes blazed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She braced for her final war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her nemesis walked over to her<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kneeling down, he extended his arm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My girl, are you hurt? Why did you run?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here, you dropped this. Hold it firm.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The kind, wrinkled hand patted her head<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She sat, dumbstruck, clutching her purse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She’d never felt safer, she sobbed out loud<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The night sky twinkled in a thousand stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Her throat was parched, her muscles screamed Yet she stopped not for a breath The eerie streets, the dormant sky The wind smelt of fear and death. The virgin darkness seemed to house Unnamed monsters at every niche Waiting for her to take one wrong step The invertebrate city slept at ease. She wished she’d returned while the sun still lived. Her ailing mother waited for her But the extra hours of overtime paid- The electric bills and the doctor. She ran faster, and faster still Her heart hammered against her chest Were those footsteps that she heard? She chanced a glance, risking some rest Indeed, a shadow lumbered over Heavy feet hitting the ground Her eyes widened, her pace sped up Her crippling fear betrayed no sound. She did not want to end up here On the pavement, worse than dead Limbs torn apart, blood watering grass- In hysterics, harder she fled. The wind whistled into her ear A stream of vicious, painful hazards. Soon she was flying, and like a fallen star She fell on the road, knees scraped by shards. She’d not go out without a fight She won’t let candles weep for her She was spent, but her eyes blazed She braced for her final war. Her nemesis walked over to her Kneeling down, he extended his arm “My girl, are you hurt? Why did you run? Here, you dropped this. Hold it firm.” The kind, wrinkled hand patted her head She sat, dumbstruck, clutching her purse. She’d never felt safer, she sobbed out loud The night sky twinkled in a thousand stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[76,77],"tags":[90,94,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-6809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-golpolekharlorai","7":"category-poems-golpolekharlorai","8":"tag-golpolekharlorai","9":"tag-competition-2","10":"tag-techno-india-group"},"yoast_head":"\n