Better Dead

by tempeste

Struck by a rogue bolt of lightning
our plane was nose diving;
below the vast, GREEN rainforest
of Amazonia.

Luckily, the thick canopy eased
the impact which knocked me out.

I woke up to the nauseating SMELL
of vomit, sweat 'n urine.

My SHIVERING body laid limp
on the plane's cold PAVEMENT.

My shattered nerves were at a MELTING
point when suddenly a noise I heard;

a glimmer of hope that one of my mates
had not yet met his final fate.

Heartened, I turned my head to see
but was met with a savage
covered in MUD coming for me.

In the semi-light, he made a ghastly sight;
had beastly chiseled teeth
and a bone pierced through his nose.

My heart there and then froze.

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Melting

Mud

Shivering

Green

Smell

Pavement

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