Poem for the Day: The Red Moon by Audrey Shu

The blade,

Shining,

The moonlight,

Beaming,

Into the darkness,

A scream

Echoes

Through

The night.

As red

Seeps,

Pouring,

out.

Red

Fills

The moon.

 

A cool breeze.

A cackle.

“Goodbye, Jamie.”

 

The world spins,

Then it stops.

“They're coming for you.”

Breathless,

he shoots up

In his bed,

Sweat dripping.

 

The sunshine greets him,

The birds are chirping.

The bus,

The noisy voices.

The snow white board,

The white washed walls.

The ring of phones.

The flood of people.

Then,

The smell of home

Floods his nose.

 

The stars twinkle,

In the sky,

The moon, round,

Pale, and white.

The world is spinning

As he stares,

To the world beyond,

The earth.


 

A chill up the arm,

A shiver down the spine.

The cold wraps

Warm around him.

 

There is a spider

crawling,

Up the arm.

The black,

The red.

Its bite,

Sinking

Deep

Within the skin.

The poison,

Flowing

Through the blood.

The chilling

Sight

Of a red moon.


 

The moon is full-

Full of red,

Seeping into the black sky.

 

The stars,

Their sparkle,

Flashing,

Fading,

Fading,

Out.

The red,

Growing,

Growing,

Covering the sky.

The red,

It drips

From every crack.

 

The soft grass,

Tickling my fingers,

Turns wet.

My fingers,

Covered,

With sticky red.

 

The waters,

Once clear,

Now turn

To red,

Which runs

Far

Into the ocean,

Dying,

The ocean.

Crimson red.




 

The blade,

It gleams,

The moon,

Shining

Upon.

It’s reflection

Showed

A glamorous sight.

The hair,

Disheveled,

The eyes,

Black.

The skin,

Blue,

With darkness within.

 

Red seeps

From every crack.

As the knife

It plunges,

Within,

Himself.

 

He saw the Red Moon.