Watch Who Is Over Your Heads



Hear the coming footsteps; first the silence
then the thunder in the far distance
coming over your heads; you must watch...

Hear the coming footsteps; fear them
fear them as you do your death
listen to the fear in what you hear
thundering footsteps chasing you; too.

How deep will you dwell at that; too
how will you hide your head in your hands
how too will you keep away the sounds
of that thundering stomping over your head.

Nowhere; thay where; in which you're sleeping
closing your souls to that which is right
out there, that where, under the sun, is where
your being should be watching what's done.

Who is the something, this someone overhead
Watching, waiting for your souls to turn
burning, intense, through all your thoughts
it's you! wanting to walk in righteousness.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAX XXXB BXXC XXXX CXXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 760
Words 137
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 4, 4, 4

Michael Walker

61, Midwest USA, Veteran, ex-cop, writer (got a BA in film to be a better writer for the industry), poet, lyricist, just finished a sci-fi novella, working on a horror novella, waiting until after the November elections to do the final edit on a non-fiction book that's anti-politics and anti IRS - currently 444 pages. Did numerous positions with Live TV working with the Big 10 and ESPN - always liked Camera #4 position, right on the field with the action up close and personal. Soon to be a great grandfather. Damn... more…

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