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| Photo by Talon |
When darkness fills the dewdrop air
and light the moonbeam sky
drifting shadows tease the night
with nightmare's lonely cry.
Creaky limbs sway back and forth
scratch shutters, window screens
while pitter-patter footsteps
slip-slap floors in stifled screams.
The boy's imagination
hears squeaking 'neath his bed
looks down and much to his surprise
sees his mom's old friend, now dead.
And faster than a fleeing mouse
he hears a cackle from the skull
the skeleton comes after him
the piercing scream is all but dull.
@laurie kolp
Prompt inspiration: IGWRT Weekend Photo Challenge by Talon, Fireblossom's cat
17 comments:
This is great!
Wow, that's really creepy! It starts out so pretty (dewdrop air, moonbeam sky) and then gets real scary real fast!
Great write! I love creepy!
nice...i really like all the sounds in this...that adds to the tension for me because you engage multiple senses...well done laurie...
Creeping sounds...I felt like I was under the bed shaking....Chilling to the end ~
Oh fine. How am supposed to go to sleep now? ;-)
Wow, you sure pulled this one out of a hat! His mom's "old" friend, indeed! LOL
Amazing how well I remember scary nights from a long-ago childhood. Well done, Laurie.
K
Definitely creepy and the kind of thing you could scare kids awake with in a tent with a flashlight. ;-) That moon just has a cold and dead eye, doesn't it?
whoa! that took an unexpected turn! Well done!
Nice to meet you Laurie and I loved this. Initially I was completely lulled and now I'll be having nightmares :)
Stripey loved it too - he loves to hunt when the moon is full and no cackling skulls would deter him. :)
Oh my you went Edgar Allan Poe with this....love it!!
This has something of Poe about it.. very atmospheric.
Ooh, creepy! You've paced this so well and used wonderful imagery. Love it!
Enjoyed the eeriness in this one! You set the scene SO well.
Very well done ... my son ends up sleeping with us half the time... but I'm OK with that, I know it won't last for too much longer. Yes, a little nightlight is always preferred... (for my son, of course :)
At first I thought, "oh, how pretty" and then after "midnight" it started to get pretty creepy. Another good one, Laurie.
Hello,
Interesting poem with hints of darkness very creative.
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