The Darkest Forest

by Baby Rainbow   Oct 23, 2012


Follow me quietly into the darkness
towards the mysterious shadows lurking in the distance,
but do not make a sound.

Tiptoe as lightly as a ballerina
who has no weight upon her footsteps,
then they will not hear your presence.

Ignore the tree branches breaking off,
it is just a warning of the spirits anger
when it feels a trespasser is near.

Do not listen to the whistles of the wind
that echo eerily into your ears as you walk,
it is whispering messages from spirits way beyond.

Be careful where you place your feet
because in one sharp instant it can appear
and drag you below the concrete ground.

The fierce growling and heavy panting will go
just as soon as it has feasted upon your fear
and swallowed down your soul.

Let your eyes shed no worried tears,
for like a shark to crimson blood
he will seek you faster than you can blink.

In fact it's safer if you just don't breathe
because after all, a human soul that does not breathe
has no life at all.

Saffie
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  • 12 years ago

    by Amreen

    This is simply amazing... I love the way you kept the reader engaged till the end and the conclusion just made this amazing.... Spectacular piece... :)

  • 12 years ago

    by Chelsey

    Baby R! this is amaazzinnngggggggg...

    Where do I start? I feel you so kindly break down other peoples poems that this deserves breaking down, but I'm just not sure if I can, seriously. This is incredible.

    I feel like this is something I'd write when i was younger, I use to do stuff like this, make lists in my poetry. This is basically a list of what not to do in a dark forest, each stanza given a reason to not move. Loved that. Flashbacks to my old poetry I swear.

    I absolutely LOVED your last stanza, again reminds me of myself, which makes me love this lmao....there was kind of sarcasm, and negativity in this. I can hear myself saying something like this.."ya know what just dont breathe, die, because this forest is gonna eat you. nom nom" haha Im jk, but seriously that sarcasm and the advice to just give up at the end just changes this whole tone of the poem in an instant and I love love love it! :)

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