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The Woods
The chilly air presses
 Up against my
 Body.
 I shiver so hard
 Someone might think
 I’m having a
 Seizures.
 
 As I slowly walk the
 Leaves below my bare feet
 Break.
 Crunch.
 Crunch.
 Crunch.
 Every step feels laborious,
 I’m so tired.
 
 I hear a hoot
 Of an owl.
 I jump.
 I know I’m
 Alone,
 I can’t help to feel
 Someone’s
 Watching
 Me.
 
 I get nervous,
 So
 I
 Run.
 I have nowhere to go,
 But I
 Run.
 
 The next thing I know
 I’m on the
 Ground.
 Every breath hurts.
 Every movement hurts.
 I lay motionless,
 Everything is so
 Still,
 So
 Quiet,
 
 The ground is so soft. 
 It smells like rain,
 Wet and damp.
 
 And then the
 Crunching of the
 Leaves.
 It starts off faraway,
 Then,
 Closer.
 
 I try to get up,
 I’m stuck.
 I can’t move my right leg.
 I frantically search,
 Anything 
 To pull me
 Out. 
 
 The noise is so close.
 I feel the vibrations
 In the ground.
 It feels as if the 
 Earth is 
 Being gently 
 Shaken. 
 
 There is nothing to grab. 
 I’m 
 Stuck.
 It feels like
 Razors
 Clamping down on my leg
 
 I hear heavy breathing
 Above me.
 I lay there.
 
 The darkness,
  Engulfs 
 Me.

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