Taken

poem by: Lucia Ocean
Written on Jan 20, 2021

I only wish the story ended at teatime
We'd had so much fun that day
But there was something I saw
I told my family
But they didn't believe me anyway

Out from the kitchen window,
Over by the brook
I saw a figure dressed all In black
I saw it kneel, as though it was mourning
It stood up and faded away, never coming back

I told my family to look
But they didn't see it
So it didn't exist;
It was just the overactive imagination
Of their eight year old kid

I went out the following morning
Back out to the brook
Now I wish I hadn't
I should never have looked
There was someone kneeling nearby

I approached the kneeling figure
I screamed when I realised what it was
I ran to Mrs Hart to tell her what happened -
What happened to her daughter
I'd found Megan that day, her lungs were full of water

My best friend wouldn't do that
She couldn't in the brook
I know what did it to her
But even if I told you now
No-one would believe me

 

Tags: Dark, Scary, Sad,

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Frank Hornby . commented on Jan 21, 2021 at 9:08am
I'm saddened by your poem....and for an 8yr old to witness such a thing, must have been a traumatic experience.....(R.i.p. Megan.)..

 

 

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