Gates creak through the shadowed dark
Sounds and smells float on black wings
Glowing eyes watch near the park
Quietly speaking whispered things.
Covered mem'ries filter into mind
Fluttering flying darting squeak
Hide your throat, Mortal mankind
Or your voice be that as shrieks.
Green moldy fragments hang drooping down
Covering un-fleshed fragile bone
From those who to this life were bound
Lurching forward in moonlight shone.
Pick up your pace O nervous child
Move quickly through the velvet night
They're gaining on you, and they're wild
Add horror to your time of fright!
Run a little quicker now,
as you hurry from its grasp--
Unknown spirit speeds up too
Surely hearing breathless rasp...
The gate creaks open one more time--
You're running now as you pass through
The boundary stops your foe behind
Held fast by shielding guards anew.
As you turn to see the "Who"
Breath held in, so deep the scare--
You check once more and surely rue
To find, Surprise, there's no one there!
J.Lurell Bailey
26 Sep 2015
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