The Spiders Lullaby

Beware the spiders...they eat eyelids...rawr.

I watched spiders crawl out from her mouth, 

their legs twitching and jerking about in random spasms. 

They made way for her eyelids, gnawing away

 like parasitic rats sheltered behind cold walls

 echoing tainted memories only moths could recall. 

The spiders were the bane of sight,

 the logic and reason for blindness, 

to bind darkness to those who were already lost without the light.

I watched the spiders spit venom into her eyes,

 their legs twitching and jerking about in random spasms.

 She was unable to blink, unable to think,

unable to stop the poison from corroding morality 

perceived through her mind’s third eye.

 The venom seeped through and damaged her porcelain soul, 

little by little vacant spaces replaced what amnesia sought

 as she started to sing deadly lullabies the spiders had forgot.

I watched the spiders creep down into her head,

their legs twitching and jerking about in random spasms.

 They weaved a special web to catch and save the tears

they knew she would shed, but I guess that didn’t matter--

she was already dead.

Author's Note

itsy, bitsy spider, chaps.

Reviews

[An owl on the moon]

A brilliant darkness dances here with eight-legged shadows... You stun and stir and strike with words that wreak a madness into life and death... such eyes that see skin and soul... Powerful words... (I have a thing for spiders.. was found playing with a black widow when just a tot... never quite grew out of that fascination :)

[Kaylor Mason]

Gives arachnophobia a whole new, dreadful meaning

[L0v3craft]

indeed it does ;p
thank you for the review!

[Fréyjä Helv..]

Demented disturbing thoughts... I love to picture this out in my dreams someday...

[Sujash I. Purna]

is it me or just a coincidence when spiders meet lullabies? I've got to say this is a bit creepy yet has the aesthetic appeal...I was reminded of The Cure's Lullaby...

[Max Hernz]

Where I live, sometimes I think my dark mind is nothing to be shared. But then I come across work like yours and I get excited to know that I'm not the only one out there! I loved the detailed. It played like a film in my head. I'm a fan...

btw, Lullaby-The Cure...

[wordaddict]

Man this is twisted dark poetry.The imagery was very creepy
Cryptic vibe great work

[tekphobik]

there was an old lady that swallowed a spider, that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her...

That's literally all that went through my head reading this.

Perhaps she'll die...

[Abysmal Savant]

disgusting. i love it.

[maximilian]

I read the phrase "random spasms" in the first stanza and wasn't sure. The repetition of it actually ended up being one of my favorite things about this poem though. Serious well done on this one, enjoyed it massively.