Flight

Running.
Heart beats
Fiercely.
Stinging air
Caught in lungs,
Rigid ribs
hold your body still.
Can you feel each muscle stretching?
Every sense in your body is tense?
Left.
Right.
Up.
Left.
Right.
Down.
You look around.
No signs, coast cleared.
Quick. It won't be long.
Shot and wounded you're still ahead.
Scarred as you may be,
If you don't run, you'll be dead.
Or worse, you may be NEXT!