In a moment, all had changed
We sat, as many might
For dinner, late
Rolls and peas, plus a bit of meat
Once a week, we fared better than many
It came like a wave, rolling
From the east, if facing east
I know for at my table, I looked north
But felt the change, weary my bones
I saw my wife, her eyes blue
Deeply light blue, almost gray
I saw her **** eyes changed green
Struggled, she breathed
Then the wave, took one after another
I felt it pass, emotions tumbling at once
She seen something, hidden
Miles away, blocked from sight
From behind stone walls, as we prayed
Then, the ****
She howled, we all whimpered
For the madness, overwhelmed
Contagious, it spread
I heard it first, bringing me back
From neighbors, less distant and west
Snapping me back, to see her
Gnashing, breaking her teeth
Pulling and ripping, hair
She flailed, grasping a fork
Stabbing our children, one to another
Before I could move, inhumanly fast
As they cowered, deep in rising fear
Not of her, but of the emotions rippling
From distant and far, but always east
I struggled, when she came at me
Flinging my arm up, warding her off
My knife came up, involunteerily
Then it dimmed, although
Some great beast, gathered it's rage
In some great birth, then awareness
It pulsed, lower now
Like humming, out of mind
Letting us know, a god now strode
We could feel it, where it looked
It's attention, driven us mad
And now, we live in its shadow
Feb 12, 2016
Feb 12, 2016 at 12:01 PM UTC
In a moment, all had changed
We sat, as many might
For dinner, late
Rolls and peas, plus a bit of meat
Once a week, we fared better than many
It came like a wave, rolling
From the east, if facing east
I know for at my table, I looked north
But felt the change, weary my bones
I saw my wife, her eyes blue
Deeply light blue, almost gray
I saw her **** eyes changed green
Struggled, she breathed
Then the wave, took one after another
I felt it pass, emotions tumbling at once
She seen something, hidden
Miles away, blocked from sight
From behind stone walls, as we prayed
Then, the ****
She howled, we all whimpered
For the madness, overwhelmed
Contagious, it spread
I heard it first, bringing me back
From neighbors, less distant and west
Snapping me back, to see her
Gnashing, breaking her teeth
Pulling and ripping, hair
She flailed, grasping a fork
Stabbing our children, one to another
Before I could move, inhumanly fast
As they cowered, deep in rising fear
Not of her, but of the emotions rippling
From distant and far, but always east
I struggled, when she came at me
Flinging my arm up, warding her off
My knife came up, involunteerily
Then it dimmed, although
Some great beast, gathered it's rage
In some great birth, then awareness
It pulsed, lower now
Like humming, out of mind
Letting us know, a god now strode
We could feel it, where it looked
It's attention, driven us mad
And now, we live in its shadow
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