I loved the imagery it is so fantastic. This is in the dark category but I think it's more thrilling. But you did such a great job building up the suspense throughout. The wording to me greatly placed because you used words to build up the poem. The woods at night and even in the day has this really creepy factor. The rhyming is perfect as well I feel and the tone is great too. As I said the beginning is dark but at the end there is happiness because these two kids have overcome and now are free. Overall great work I enjoyed this a lot

Judging Comment:

I'm so impressed by this poem... Like, truly. Let me explain: to me, rhyme is tedious and acrostics are just acronyms... not much special there. But this poem changed my mind. The imagery was elegant and the word choice was well thought out and perfectly crafted. The way this poet utilized rhyme was spectacular. I never felt that the rhymes were reaching, never second guessed the poets word choice. The poet didn't limit themselves to exact rhymes, rather, they focused on an assonance based rhyme which was very successful and smart. I love the liveliness of the voice in the poem, too. It matched well with the rhythm of the piece. Really, really good job! :)