Death Ride

How a kind man feels caught in living death.

Death hollows my life, I'm on a death ride
trapped in a corpse ever since I died
I should be in Heaven but my soul never flied
the Reaper's dead breath crawled inside
I'm dead, but then again I'm not
each death day I can feel my body rot
at least I can move about
no coffin route
I am grateful for this
though I feel Death's hollow kiss
I hide in the shadows of the night
safe from a lab cage out of mortals sight
I miss the taste of food and the feeling of life
I miss company and the touch of my lost wife
I dream of a day when I'm soothed by light
as the cobwebs of death bloom a hollow plight
death stretches on through time, its haunting won't subside
I'm a husk of decay like a withered vine, I'm on a death ride

Reviews

[Coyote Song]

This one is really chilling and spooky. I put myself in the poem and imagined myself in this situation and I can tell you I freaked myself out, this is truly a horror poem! Very graphic in detail that makes the chill all that much more powerful. Very skillfully done Eric. I like your rhyming and the imagery and descriptions are clever and unique. I enjoyed reading your wonderful poem,

[Coyote Poetry]

Hard to hide from the reaper. He is always close. A very entertaining poem. I like the description and the good hiding spots. A nice ending to a outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Black Cat Fever]

Very graphic, vivid outstanding work.

[Wolf's Dark Song]

A truly extraordinary poem. Stark shocking images that are totally brilliant give this poem a true horror label. I think you did an outstanding job on this write.

[Star Wolf]

Wow, this is incredible, extraordinary writing. This is really really creepy and scary.

[Tina Kline]

Wow, I think you did a great job on this. Very dark and frightening, very chilling. You're a very creative writer.

[Erin]

Thia is beautifully put.