Charmed Monsters

Longing

yearning

ever so tired

grey is the day

this life

this path I trod.

Where is the light?

Where is the joy?

No Eden can I find.

The past…..

Free wheeling

dealing card after card

pain

humility

hungering

feeding upon the blackness

the evil

rooted within.

My past…..

No longer allowed to define

to dictate…..

Cut away

carve away

sword

epee

skewered to the ground

demons chained

eased with dosed medication

mine to do with as I will.

These daemons

still reside within

gentle murmurs

holding pain

holding fear

now my protectors

I need no longer beware.

Sanctuary found

hellions bound

labor of love.

This me

beauty and beast

all rolled into one.

©Dec. 30/19

Picture is part of my Positivity wall

Nightmare Delights

Dance macabre
dungeon of death
everyone loves role play.
Being afraid
one night out of the year
the inner beast
finally released.
Ghouls
draped in rotted cloaks
faces hidden
no one wants to see
half a jaw worn through
cannot be unseen.
Mummies
bandaged with sand
cursed to plunder the sea
of a time where none believe
that they can be real
deserving of royal accolades.
Giant web
strands of silken gold
drawing in the unwary.
Clutch close
beware the demon blessed
they will consume your soul.
Screams
laughter
giggles all throughout the night
at the Haunted Horror House.
Death strolls
holding the hand
his protege
his child
his time of renewed innocence.
As the moon begins to slip
sun begins to rise
all the monsters
all the beasts
head back home
to await the next night.

©Oct. 13/19
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