Dark the Unsurrendered Night

Silence. Forest. Light.
Look away, look back, stillness.
A twig cracks.

Things that grow.
A single drumbeat.
Look away, look back, shade.

Things that hide.
Slow drums, calm as sleeping breath.
Look away, look back, darkness pools.

Things that wait.
Drumbeats, quickening, wakening.
Look away, look back, trees encloaked.

Things that see.
Drumming faster, matching marching heartbeat heartbreak fear.
Look away, look back, shadows creeping.

Things that watch.
Drumming racing, driving, running, hunting, gasping.
Look away, can't look back.

Things that move.
Drums of sprinting panic, panting faster than the tempest heart can beat.
Look back, can't look away.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Silence. Forest. Black.

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