Sophie Bird “Nightmare” Riley Chan “Silence”

Terrified and trembling, I stood there. Eyes wide and biting my nails with utter fear. A large, shadowed figure standing before me, edging closer and closer and closer. I could hear the little shuffling footsteps lurking behind me. I didn’t want to turn around, not for the slightest second, because I didn’t know what the thing in front of me could have accomplished in that time. Could it kill or eat me alive or bring me to something that I would be sacrificed for? So many different thoughts running through my mind. What was behind me and what was in front? Closer and closer it came. Still trembling, heart pounding so fast I thought it was going to explode out of my chest. I carefully took a step back. I heard a growl. The next thing I knew is that it was running at me. I closed my eyes and hoped nothing bad would happen. A minute later I woke up, under my duvet and eyes wide open.

Unending silence, Creates mental violence, The shaking of bones, And all the groans.

Clicking and clacking, Bones ever cracking, Heart keeps on beating, And head keeps on heating.

Yet it’s still cold, The pockets I hold, The smooth silky fabric, And the words that I’m told.

The river keeps flowing, As the crows keep on crowing, Then smooth singing silence, hails, The biting of nails.

Darkness its peak, Yet colours keep sneak, Like eyes closed in sleep, True dark will stay creep.