In the Woods Somewhere

My head was warm

My skin was soaked

I called your name 'til the fever broke

When I awoke

The moon still hung

The night so black that the darkness hummed

I raised myself

My legs were weak

I prayed my mind be good to me

An awful noise

Filled the air

I heard a scream in the woods somewhere

A woman's voice!

I quickly ran

Into the trees with empty hands

A fox it was

He shook, afraid

I spoke no words, no sound he made

His bone exposed

His hind was lame

I raised a stone to end his pain

What caused the wound?

How large the teeth?

I saw new eyes were watching me

The creature lunged

I turned and ran

To save a life I didn't have

Deer in the chase

There as I flew

Forgot all prayers of joining you

I clutched my life

And wished it kept

My dearest love, I'm not done yet

How many years

I know I'll bear

I found something in the woods somewhere