"The Forrest" - a Poem

Wandering and waiting I think

Did I hear something out there?

Stumbling in the dark

So cold, I can barely see

As a breeze passes by

The scent of death slides across my nose

I turn away and look for the sun

But still I see nothing

The air so wet 

It just hangs on my skin

It's as if it wants to weigh me down

It pulls and pulls 

I hear it's voice

"Come fall asleep"

"Sleep in my nightmare forever"

There is no sound

Am I deaf?

I've lost all precious to me

A rustle of leaves and turn my head

A sharp pain shoots down my neck

And then I hear

I hear breathing but it's not my own

I look around but I see nothing

Distant but closing

Goosebumps begin to form

My feet they burn 

They want to run

Chest heaving from my pounding heart

Oh which way do I run?

So to my left I do run

The trees all in my way

They reach to stop me so it seems

Grabbing at my arms, my legs

Razor sharp from the cold

The branches rip at my skin

Running fast the blood runs

Refuses to dry, it pools into my clothes

And then I fall, I cannot stop

Tripped over down mossy tree

Dead in the path

It just stares at me

Will my fate be the same

Putting down my hands, I try to rise

Into the ground my hands sink

The leaves now have me chained

I hear a whisper

It's an old man

"I warned you! I warned you, dear lad!"

"You refused to listen. You planted this forest."

"And if you choose, you too will die."

For the cold dead trees that were all around

Where those relationships I chose to let die

The downed branches, dead leaves were choices I made

Which now I am stuck in

Worst of all the clouds and that cold dead sky

Are the thoughts I let linger in my mind

Blocking out all the sun

All the love in my world 

That is waiting just behind

With my body now sinking

My life in due peril

I can see it so clearly right now

Up to my neck 

I'm gasping for breath

And then I wake up safe and sound

In my warm bed

With the day to begin

Will I walk through this forest again?