The Scream

Tagline: "The terror of hearing blood curdling screaming in the night... with a twist."

The Scream

I can’t take it any more,

Crying out in self defense…

I turn, run to the door

Away from sounds intense. 

A bloodless, fearful screaming

I surely know of its intent.

Yes, I fear I know it’s meaning

The goal on which it’s bent.

And then I hear the wailing,

Piercing bone and mark

No other sound prevailing

Spewing forth out of the dark.

Dare I heed its calling?

„Dare I not“ the quick reply.

And now it’s simply bawling - 

I must go or else I’ll die.

I stand and feel my weakness,

As one condemned to death

I stagger in a bleakness

To the sound of my last breath.

There’s no other motivation,

Blind obedience is my thrust.

I stumble to my salvation

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

And then my eyes perceive him

And my heart it melts with love.

All I want to do is please him

And so I slip on a glove.

Gagging at the awful smell,

I wash away his sin

And now my son it seems can tell…

The nappy’s in the bin.

Carole Stolz © October 2021

(Word Count 184)

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