Thread: OutsideIn

The siren wails with anger, then fades.
Outside, someone is in trouble.

A scream slices through the empty night,
Outside, someone is in distress.

Tires screech down a dark, lonely street,
Outside, someone is in danger.

A dog barks, foreboding warning,
Outside, someone approaches.

Inside, I am not alone:
Fear is with me.

I love all the vivid imagery you have captured in just a few,well written lines,You have created a lot of tension and mystery,And--you are clever to leave your reader wanting more... Very niccceeee...Peace...Jul

Simple and to the point, with the perfect ending.

"The siren wails with anger, then fades.
Outside, someone is in trouble." - Really like the opening line. The second one is abrupt, but effective.

"A scream slices through the empty night," - I would rather read something other than "slices through" and "empty night".

"Tires screech down a dark, lonely street," - Again, can you do better than "dark, lonely street".

"A dog barks, foreboding warning," - Here the words "foreboding" and "warning" clash.

"Outside, someone approaches." - Just for the theme of the piece maybe you can think about changing "approaches" to someone is suspicious or clandestine. Just an idea.

"Inside, I am not alone:
Fear is with me." - Really liked the ending.

I'm not sure whether the ending came first or last or what have you, but it works. At first I read it as though the reader was very nonchalant about the goings on outside. Then I got to the ending which totally changed my view of it. I stand by the statements I made above but they are not necessary. I think this is good. I read it many times.