I Hid

I Hid

I hid, I hid,
I held my breath
They were coming
I could hear them
Hear their dogs barking
Hear the men shouting
I held my breath
And still I hid

I heard a gun shot
A crack, a scream
A child was crying
And still I hid
I hid in a dark space
Hid in my hiding place
I hid and I held my breath
And still I heard them
I heard them coming

The dogs were barking
The men were shouting
A child was crying
A gunshot cracked
For one brief moment
All was silent
Then a woman was screaming
And still I hid

The scream was silenced
There was still shouting
The dogs still barking
Came ever closer
My heart was pounding
My head was banging
My tears were rolling
Yet still I hid

Then there was knocking
And tapping and rapping
And then loud shouting
And louder barking
And then they were biting
The dogs were attacking
And then I was screaming
My tears were now streaming
And they were still shouting
At me where I hid

Then there was silence
A crack and then silence
And now I was drifting
My pain was now lifting
As higher I rose
Just drifting, just drifting
And that’s when I saw them
Just young men and children
All shooting and shouting
And dogs ever hounding
And there I was lying
In the place where I hid.

 

 © simon garlick