Photo Challenge, Photography

The Claw

Posted by Heyjude on

A country stroll
Turns into a nightmare
When you discover that the public pathway
Is not all it seems.
That solid looking earth
parts
beneath your feet
without warning.
You fall
into the foul smelling underground
of a long lost mine shaft.
You scream
Your mouth forming a terrified O
Your fingers clawing the edge
of the hole
as the thick wet mud creeps
under your fingernails.
You frantically grab any tussock
to stop you falling
further
deeper
down
under the earth’s
surface…

Odd, the things you find on a countryside walk…

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #71 | Creepy

40 Comments

  1. restlessjo says:
    November 13, 2019 at 07:20

    You had me scared witless there! I’ll think twice about coming on a countryside walk with you! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Great bit of poesie!

    1. Heyjude says:
      November 13, 2019 at 17:09

      Hahaha.. Glad you like it Jo, it’s quite safe really as long as you avoid the fields with the bulls. (and the mine shafts…) 😅

  2. BeckyB says:
    November 13, 2019 at 07:50

    Hope you helped them clamber out!!

    1. Heyjude says:
      November 13, 2019 at 17:10

      What? And risk falling down myself?

      1. BeckyB says:
        November 14, 2019 at 09:36

        But what a great second verse it would make!

  3. Suzanne says:
    November 13, 2019 at 08:20

    Haha, just your typical English countryside walker 😉

  4. Sue says:
    November 13, 2019 at 08:28

    So very Cornish, then, Jude? Great bit of wordsmithery, you should do more…. 😊😊

    1. Heyjude says:
      November 13, 2019 at 17:12

      Thanks Sue. You never know what you might come across in the country 😁

      1. Sue says:
        November 13, 2019 at 17:36

        😊😊

  5. Leya says:
    November 13, 2019 at 08:50

    Gosh…you scared me! How creepy to see that hand coming up first…And your poetry perfect for the creepy feeling to sink in. I don’t know if I would dare coming along with you for a walk…

    1. Heyjude says:
      November 13, 2019 at 17:14

      The hand was certainly scary. Glad you liked the post A-C, I only saw this at the weekend so perfect for the challenge.

      1. Leya says:
        November 13, 2019 at 18:02

        Ha, lucky us. Perfect timing!

  6. bushboy says:
    November 13, 2019 at 10:29

    Fabulous 🙂

    1. Heyjude says:
      November 13, 2019 at 17:15

      👻

  7. Tish Farrell says:
    November 13, 2019 at 10:45

    Great post, Jude. Deeply creepy in words and pix.

    1. Heyjude says:
      November 13, 2019 at 17:18

      Thanks Tish, not the usual thing I see in the hedgerows!

  8. pommepal says:
    November 13, 2019 at 11:07

    So scary and super creepy. You nailed this challenge Jude

    1. Heyjude says:
      November 13, 2019 at 11:13

      Thanks PP 😊

  9. Joanne Sisco says:
    November 13, 2019 at 11:33

    I wondered where this was going. Well done!! What a bizarre find 😆

    1. Heyjude says:
      November 13, 2019 at 17:16

      Perfectly timed as I only saw this at the weekend!

  10. beetleypete says:
    November 13, 2019 at 11:48

    Well done, Jude. Perfect for the challenge. You should re-post this next year, for Halloween! 🙂
    Best wishes, Pete. x

    1. Heyjude says:
      November 13, 2019 at 17:17

      Thanks Pete, a weird sculpture indeed!

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