Keep Trying

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It’s been a bad day

It’s been a bad week

Let’s just skip ahead

It’s been a bad year

Covid has held us hostage

Barricaded in our own homes

Afraid of grocery stores

Because so few wear a mask right

It they wear one at all

But hope is around the corner

A light in the darkness

Vaccines are upon us

All you have to do

Is schedule an appointment

If you can figure out how

When appointments are always full

Keep searching and hit that refresh

Sooner or later you must get in

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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – figure

*just a quick note… life is getting to me and I have not been writing like I should. I am still going to attempt to unofficially do the A to Z April Challenge. So in a perfect world I will have two post every day… plus what I can write to catch up with the daily prompts. Thanks for sticking with me. (((HUGS)))

Something Wasn’t Quite Right

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The ominous night stretched before me

A black ink sky without a single star

The moon was shuttered by the clouds

A howling wind moved the leafless trees

Each step I took echoed in the near darkness

A lone streetlight dimly glowed

As I approached my car a figure turned the corner

I quickly unlocked my car and got in

I was a bit spooked from the night

The figure continued to approach

He stood in front of my now running car

Just standing there staring at me

I was afraid to take my eyes off of him

I slowly put the car in reverse

He took a step forward

I backed up further and he began to walk

Keeping pace with my car

I was now in the middle of the deserted street

My car stopped and him still staring at me

I reached to the passenger seat to get my phone

The man moved to my left

I made sure my doors were locked

He carried something in his hand

But with the dimly lit street

I could not make it out until

He lifted his hand up with the axe in it

All I could do was scream “Oh, my God!”

… that’s when my alarm went off.

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Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – ominous