Creepy!

The blanket of fog creaked

Going up the stairs,

The perverse shadow

On wall climbing.

Until, leaning over the bed

An image; a pallid woman

In long tattered dress, white.

Her face devoid of eyes and flesh

With mouth distorted, shrieking

Words in murmurs, evil.

Dried thin skin emaciated

On yellow ashen bones

while drawn tightly long

Wispy flowing black hair.

From her lacy sleeves

Hands like claws, 

Bones yellow lined

While talons cold reach out

Stretching the body withered

Scratching down my cheek deep.

With mutilated claws stretched

Moving, touching my flesh, my body

Shaken, the throat constricting

Shortness of breath.

I hear her words repeating

Her face bloodless, contorting

Looking paler and paler

Repeating words repeating with malice.

"Honey! Get Up!"

"You'll be late for work!"

"You'll be late for work"

"Get up!"

"Honey!"

Reviews

[AaronFreitas]

You always grasp my attention with your writes and I am never disappointed my friend! Great twist... I know that feeling of waking up late and being in he deepest of deep sleeps! Great write loved the humor also :)

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you my friend

[John Alexander McFadyen]

As always Andrew you know how to pack a powerful punch of humour. Loved the flow and description and the ending is just smile a mile! There is however repetition of words that steal the thunder from the write. You describe her face twice as 'ashen' and you use 'claws' three times in such a short piece. For the latter you could use talons and boney fingers etc?

[andrew mitchell]

Thanks John for the heads up . I see what you mean!!

[Mick Burke]

Great creepy description and a great twist to finish.

[ANTO]

more of this please AM. I enjoyed this and laughed at my own gullibility at the end - class !!

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Anto, you gullible???? Never! You are too kind:)

[Kelly Scheppers]

Lol, I had no clue it would end like THAT! What a clever, clever man you are!

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Kelly lol:)

[sereenaoutloud]

Omg this had me hooked form start to finish. Such a brilliant write, the imagery is fantastic, such details i could see it all very clearly!
Then end ,,,awesome!!

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you sereena lol Glad you enjoyed!