THE RUNNER



The runner's coming fast your way
He races through the horrid night,
Chasing down the slow or lonely
Running 'neath a blood moon's light.

Like an Olympic distance runner
He keeps going hour after hour,
As if fatigue is unknown to him
Or he has some strange superpower.

Carrying a blade within a cane
He races on through the darkness,
Hoping soon to pass a walker
Whom he'll put to eternal rest.

The Runner is a loathsome thing
He's never running under the sun,
He only goes out in the moonlight
Hoping to bring another life undone.

Swishing with his lethal blade
Even while he is on the run,
He kills another young innocent
Just to have his monstrous fun.

The awful streets are his home
And after twilight is his time,
For running through the foul night
Hoping a victim soon to find.

He seeks out loners passing near
Because it is their time to die,
His cane thrashes as he's running
Vanishing quickly into the night.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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The runner's coming fast your way He races through the horrid night, Chasing down the slow or lonely Running 'neath a blood moon's light.

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Written on August 04, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on September 06, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BBXB XXBX CDAD XDXD XXAX XXCA XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 959
Words 178
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3

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