A Halloween Tale

Greetings to all the young Ghoulies looking forward to Halloween day. She draws closer with each passing day. Here is a spooky little rhyme to get you ready...enter if you dare.

A Halloween Tale 

By

Carlos Lorenzo Estrada 

I'm in shadows of a dark dreary room

a tulpa of despair and frightful doom.

What darkly tale shall I whisper to thee

Beyond candlelight; a voice you can't see

Despair is the journey I'll take you upon

Whispered by daemons in grisly foul song

A desolate road you'll never forget 

Covered in mist with monsters of threat 

There by the window red eyes do stare

Searching for children to taunt and to scare

Feel the ends of my boney fingertips 

Brushing against the softness of lips

Come with me to nightmarish abode

In dreams so aphotic and endless a road

Let us walk among gnarled and twisted of trees

Painted in violet with crimson dead leaves 

Hear the banshee's mournful sad cries

Withering souls in terror filled eyes

Hoot of an owl and screech of a bat

Growl of an angry hungry black cat

There by the graveyard I'll stand and I'll wait

Beckon you forward toward hellish cursed gate 

Give up on all hope; you'll find none of it here

For we feed upon fright, anguish, and fear 

Give up on all hope to ever find home

You belong to the night with us all alone 

And when all that is left is empty and frail 

Take heed and remember this Halloween tale.

Author's Note

My wonderous muse Cate is counting the days down till that spooky day appears. When I showed her my costume I'm planning on wearing, which is only a pink thong with a long elephant nose drapped down, she told me I was wearing it backwards. Haha on her I meant to do that.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Oh Carlos what can I say? The costume you are planning to wear on Halloween is scarier than any poem I have read so far on this site:)) A really spooky offering for 31st October. I very much enjoyed your descriptive couplets and the atmosphere you created. Fright, anguish and fear, yes that is what we feed on. I hope you have a wonderful time and I thank you for sharing this ghostly and spooky tale.

Chris

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

Oh thank you so much Chris for the kind comment. I needed s simpler costume this year because a couple of years back I wore an actual suit of Roman Legion armor. Damn it was heavy haha. I needed something more liberating this year hahaha. Sure I needed a full body wax but it was so worth it. I hope you and your loved ones have an amazing fun Halloween. Thank you so much again for your comment.

[Chris Shaw]

Have lots of fun. That pink thong is firmly planted in my mind Carlos:))