Rocking

A ghost extracts revenge...

In a dark and morbid room

All alone I sit

Nestled in the comfortable arms

Of my mothers old rocking chair

Back and forth I sway

Lost in the rhythmic sound.

 

Driven to the edge of compulsion

By the hypnotic noise, I rock

Back and forth

Back and forth

Obliviously spiraling into man made darkness

The sound pulls me further and further

Away from reality.

 

But behold.

 

This trance like state

Has suddenly found me freezing cold;

Dear God this dream has been deceiving

I MUST WAKE UP!

 

Here, in the dark

She’ll bring me to justice

I feel Mother’s icy hands wrapped around my throat

Vessels of murder

Poised to drag me to Hell

This is the price she’s deemed me to pay

For poisoning her wine.

 

In a dark and morbid room

A chair stands alone

Rocking

In the ice cold air.

Author's Note

Thanks for reading. This is an experimental piece based off the frame work of one I wrote when I was much younger (12 yrs old). That piece did not have such sinister connotations. Reveiws are welcome.

Reviews

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Here in the dark
She'll bring me to justice
I feel Mother's icy hands wrapped around my throat --wow, what an image. I clutched at my own throat in reading this.

You have a way with the darkness, my dear. Bravo to you for being able to write something with such an emotionally dark theme. I completely enjoyed the feeling in reading this. Well done.

[Kristin Lee]

Its a love hate relationship darkness and I have :) but I'm learning to make it work for me. Thank you for the very kind review.

[Sami Khalil]

"In a dark and morbid room
A chair stands alone
Rocking
In the ice cold air."
I like this dark poem and those lines make me feel I'm about to see a movie of sorts...Good job...:)

[Kristin Lee]

Thanks Sami!

[Rita L. Sev]

This is a scene for a sinister horror movie - so vividly written I am chilled! Really well done!

[Kristin Lee]

Thanks Rita, I'm glad you liked it.

[carol burgess romance]

I have the chills running down my spine...very dramitic

[Kristin Lee]

Thank you so much Carol. That's what I was going for.

[Angi]

Kristin Lee! This gave me goosebumps, they started when mothers hands when around her throat..when I saw the rocking chair at the end, I wanted to run and hide! I love/hate creepy stuff like this. Nicely done, girl. Gave me shivers. Angi~

[Kristin Lee]

Awesome! That's the response I was hoping to get from readers. Thank you so very much Angi :)

[Jack...]

ok, now this was scary. I wasn't sure where you were going but I like the fright I found at the end. Very cool Kristin. I hope you don't mind me reviewing all of your peoms as you post them, we seem to be the only two floating around here this afternoon.

[Kristin Lee]

Not at all! I've been bobbing in and out of the site today. Thanks so much for the review. I'm glad you liked it :)