The grave yard song

come with me into the night

and let us watch the spirit's play

a lovely song of dark and mischief 

a song played only at night and not day

come with me and let your soul rise

frolic in the grey fields of soft metallic grass

we must hurry, there is little time

we don't want to miss this great ghost mass

come with me into the land of dead

and watch the spirits rise from the grave

lovely souls that wander this yard

let us listen to this truly joyous rave

come with me and take my hand 

and follow me through the hard stones

feel the chill of rock beneath your feet

and become one with these old bones

come with me and let us dance

for the night does not last long

so let your soul be one and come alive 

as we listen to the grave yard song

Author's Note

I got a lot of inspiration from the Graveyard Book. thanks for reading!!! :)

Reviews

[diamonddave75]

Brilliant write.. Beautifully written.. Thanks for sharing.. Dave

[I Am Svetlana]

I truly adored this piece! It told a wonderful story and could see myself in it as it read each line that followed the last. It tells of anticipation to pick that special someone to share a dance with you in the graveyard late at night, without caring what the world might think or who might see you. It is such a piece that sparked something in my heart...simply beautiful!

[Dark Heart of Winter]

I love the feeling this poem evokes...somehow sad and joyous and content at the same time.

[Jake Donald Stephens]

The graveyard book? I'm going to have to look that up.
The poem is brilliant. :)

[Uroš D. Stojanov..]

I actually read the Graveyard book only recently, a friend of mine gave it to me saying it is amazing... and I did like it very much, as this poem also. It fitts perfectly into the book's ambient, so everyone who loved the book will love this poem.

Great write, keep at the good work!

-Urosh Stojanovic

[Rhianne Ney]

I've read the Graveyard book and I love it until the end... nice write (:

[The Scholar]

Eerie poem, and extremely well-written. It's creepy because it is about such a dark topc but has such an upbeat rhyme scheme and almost carefree tone.
It makes me think of the Danse Macabre, or Dance of Death.
I especially liked the last stanza, but the entire thing was expertly-crafted.
Nice description as well: "soft metallic grass," and "the chill of rock beneath your feet."

A pleasure to read your work, as always!

[Tomislav Petricevic]

The images you portray here are amazing and powerful, as always! And the dark emotions they evoke fit in perfectly. The ryhthm is good, the rhyming scheme is the one I often use, so everything is awesome as far as I'm concerned! :)

[forevermore1218]

thanx man :)

[Tomislav Petricevic]

You're welcome. :D