Reaper

10. behind or ahead

10. behind or ahead

"don't stray too f a r,
i'm still c l o s e
behind you,"
she sang out, 
her voice not as enchanting
as it had been before. 

you swallowed hard
as you avoided all the stumps
underneath your feet. 
you didn't want to be a c l i c h e , 
to trip and fall on some damned tree, 
and you wouldn't look back anymore
because you knew
it didn't m a t t e r where she was, 
b e h i n d 
or 
in f r o n t. 

she was n e v e r more 
than s i x feet away
from y o u .