Monday 18 November 2013

Alien monsters



Cowering across the river
With fear filled heart
Breath almost eluding me.
The monsters awoke.
Fiercely glowering 
Those sinister clowns
Rose up
On spider thin legs
Stomping, wading towards me.
I ran south
Not looking behind me.
But heard,
Stone splintering, smashing,
Glass grinding underfoot.
Screaming.
Aeroplanes,
Screeched across the skies
Rat tat tatting, bullets flying.
Glass
And water
Cut razorlike.
I
sneaked a look behind.
Creatures downed, drowned.
Safe?


Linking to "Our World Tuesday" a view of London by an expat Londoner. 

http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.ch

12 comments:

  1. The brief lines accentuates the panic of an air-raid... love the sound of the guns being described... glad you are safe at the end

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  2. Thanks Björn, really appreciate your comments.

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  3. yikes....def crazy to be in a war zone, be it aliens or...our own...def would be a very fear filled time...hey, you made it...smiles...glad you did...

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    1. I did make it, and live somewhere much quieter now

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  4. oh heck... i do hope they drowned and you're safe... felt like in a movie scene..so vivid...

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    1. It's how I felt when I saw the monsters of new buildings dwarfing the beautiful historic buildings in London

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  5. Oh very scary stuff...great descriptions and imagery here!

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    1. Thanks very much, I was trying to covey the panic I felt

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  6. A great shot - they do look like alien spaceships.

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    1. Jarek, thank you. I found it very frightening

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