Jacob's Hollow

Alone in the hollow
the mist settles in
hair begins a risin
first pangs of fear

Snap goes a  twig
just to your left
keenly you listen
dare not a breath

You search for a  reason
around and within
why your so startled
quaking within

You laugh off the feelings
putting them out of mind
and then you move forward
along a broken fence line

Decrepit and abandoned
this lonely old road
through Jacob's hollow
slowly you go

A soft gurgling noise
penetrates  the night
a sliver of moon
cast's a grim light

Never should have come
to yourself you do say
I should have waited
for the light of day

Another twig snaps
this time to your right
looking all around
nothing in sight

You dart to the left
expecting the worse
when a fawn erupts
from the woods by the trail

You laugh to yourself
what a fool I have been
shake yourself off
strike forth once again

The covered bridge lies
a short distance away
marking the point
half the distance
had been made

Oh just to be home
safe in your bed
but the legend of the hollow
just had to be dared

A cackling laugh
carried by the wind
opens your eyes
startles again

A light in the entrance
of the covered bridge
flickering slowly
making shadows dance

You catch a slight movement
out of the corner of your eye
there in the shadows
you can see the eye shine

The gurgling sound
again yet much nearer
settles in your mind
now blank with fear

The shadow it lunges
at you from it's lair
backwards you scramble
screaming in fear

Running away
as fast as you can
you should not have ventured
this night on the land

a feast for the beast
now you will become
if you can not make it
out of the hollow

A quarter mile to go
screaming you sprint
escaping the clutches
on this you are  bent

At last you've arrived
not a second to soon
as the beast jumped
it was dissolved by the moon

You cry out a thanks
there on the ground
dust your self off
and settle on your way

Home where it's safe
never again will you go
to Jacob's hollow
alone in the fall