The Lost Children
Saturday 25th January 2025, Story #391
He lured them on the bus one day
Drove all those kiddies far away
Clutching bookbags, in rows seated
He took them 'cause he had been cheated
Took them far, and took them Through,
To a weird place he knew
Where time stood still, and hearts grew black
And they'd never find their own way back
He thought he'd won, he'd got it made
The parents cried, the town had paid
One thing he wasn't counting on
Is kids don't like this kind of con
They whispered plans, and then - SURPRISE!
They tied his wrists and poked his eyes
Beat him soundly, beat him long
'Til they quite forgot that it was wrong
They don't mind it there, it's not so bad
Somehow they forgot how to feel sad
No one makes them take a bath
They hardly play; they never laugh
Absolutely no one cries
and no one ever, ever dies
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Somewhere in a place called home
Their families gone, like ash or foam
There's no one now who was alive
When they all went on that fateful drive
Their hearts have shrivelled, eyes gone cold
But never grew up, and didn't get old
Their statue crumbled in the square
But none of them can even care
Once in a while, they look around
One of their number can't be found
Where could she be? Where has he gone?
They look, they shrug, and they move on
After many lifetimes in this place
The last two tinged, they're green of face
And what if now they find the knack?
They stumble Through, they wander Back?
Will they find their old selves again?
What will the townsfolk think of them?
Will these two remember joy or sorrow?
Stay tuned, we'll find out on the morrow...
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Comments (31)
Scary!!!💕❤️❤️
Sad and chilling. Nice poem! Congratulations on top story.
Very chilling and very good. Love this structure.
I really liked how the kids adapted to their weird new world, but it's so sad how they lost everything along the way. Congratulations on your top story!
Bravo! Eerie but so well written !
Yay Lc!! Congrats on second most likes this week!!
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
nice one
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
This gave me chills! It feels so eerie but weirdly captivating too. Loved how dark and unexpected it was! Congratulations on getting TS🎊🎉
Congrats on T.S! The suspense had me til the end and now when I'm done, it still has me!
good job
Back to say congrats on Top Story LC!!!
nice work
This was fun and a nice play on Peter Pan. Good job. I didn’t read the title just saw you had published something, half way through I thought, “This is a dark version of Neverland,” thinking i was clever and then I read your title and its just right there for everyone to see. Hahahaha.
Very nicely written. I love how it rhymes. Here's mine https://shopping-feedback.today/authors/danielle-mosley-rrf0n40ghs%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
This reminded me of something that would be in a scary stories to tell in the dark book
And You typed You can't make poetry. This! This Right Here! This Is Poetry! *Spartan Kick* "Whoops, wrong genre there.
Twisted story. Keep it up 🖤
I really like that you turned the story into love. Just wonderful!
Oh yes I gotta find out! Can't wait!
So good! Looking forward to the next one tomorrow! Fab.
This was shocking but well written!!
Outstanding job!
This is a proper wanky poem, LC! Can’t wait for the morrow!