The Dead Webs


I am the crooked, crippled cobweb,
whooshing in the evening breeze,
watching over the mossy trees, hearing them.
Harder than steel,
yet softer than silk,
I'm the oldest thing in the forest.

I can feel something stomping
through the forest like an elephant
"Psh! Pow! Phs!"

Although I'm fragile
I've never broken,
I hope I don't now.

I see a massive shadow
SWISH!
There it is again!
I feel scared
I tell the trees,

"Hush, don't move..."
An animal appears.

Soon, the animal will run away
"Woof!" A human scared it off.
I drift to sleep
As the red stars glow....

 

 
 

--Seth (4th grade, Evanston, IL, 2008)