A Deeply Shaded Path Poem by Matthew Holloway

I walked in the deeply shaded woods
Where all light faded away
I walked in solitary into the night
Afraid, I walked on regrettably
I became lost on that hardened path
Which took such vengeance upon my feet
I bled and cried though none did hear
In the depths of the darkness
I was alone and felt the eyes upon me
Of a haunting hound hunting slowly
Waiting for me to tire to be weak
Waiting for me to lay to rest to sleep
I walked this path deeper and deeper
My bones they ached my mind cried
For all the woes of this life
I carried on, now blind
Soon I became lost to even myself
A figure without features
No eyes, no voice, no soul
Those woods that hound the dark
They consumed my all
Till eventually I lay down to rest
To sleep upon the harden earth
I awoke not alone and in the light
Of the one and of those together
Who saved my life