Haunted houses creep in and out
Giving life to the ghosts
Carving, clawing their way to the present
Leaving you bleeding from the eyes
Kiss them gently to retell their tales
Feel their dark caresses
Drawn forth from your gut
Fingers wrapped around your spine
They feed, oh so deeply
Tooth and fang deep inside
The pain amplifies, rippling
Keeping you immobile and trapped
Anguish sours softly bedded dreams
Their voices, electric, hallowed
Like nails down a chalkboard
Incapacitating your actions
Coiled muscles, anxious to explode
You want to lash out
Scream, drown out the past
Scatter those broken ghosts
But they overwhelm
And you cringe,
In the darkness
Until you see the light
Jan 31, 2015
Jan 31, 2015 at 5:55 PM UTC
Haunted houses creep in and out
Giving life to the ghosts
Carving, clawing their way to the present
Leaving you bleeding from the eyes
Kiss them gently to retell their tales
Feel their dark caresses
Drawn forth from your gut
Fingers wrapped around your spine
They feed, oh so deeply
Tooth and fang deep inside
The pain amplifies, rippling
Keeping you immobile and trapped
Anguish sours softly bedded dreams
Their voices, electric, hallowed
Like nails down a chalkboard
Incapacitating your actions
Coiled muscles, anxious to explode
You want to lash out
Scream, drown out the past
Scatter those broken ghosts
But they overwhelm
And you cringe,
In the darkness
Until you see the light
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