countless midnights
unsleeping
spent walking quietly
in the darkness
enjoying the comforting solitude
the night affords
but this night
something
earthbound
some thing prowls
shadows rustle
haunt and growl
nerves jangle
shivers careen down my spine
panicked
I run
alone
in the black
imagining a stampede
of horns and teeth
of maggots swarming beneath skin
some thing grabs hold
squeezing
screams
from my unwilling throat
chocking
sobbing
I strain
I break in two
sins run red
–
mutiply my body into darkness
–
~Melanie Blackwell
Wordifull 
So dark and terrifying. I’m not sure how I would handle it around 1am…
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I love this. Dark and scary but the undertone of sins running red bing it altogether in a perfect ending.
Thank you so much
Quite a sinister and chilling poem here, Melanie!
A little different for me, glad you enjoyed it 🙂
I like this stuff! Nice and dark. So very dark!
Thanks, dark can be fun to explore.
oh Melanie those damn terrifying night demons,
they are the worst aren’t they?
Not as scary as the real ones from my past 🙂
Love this poem – particularly that last line – “mutiply my body into darkness”
Wonderful!
I’m so glad you liked it. Thank you.
There are only a few times in my life I have been that terrified. I can relate (should I say unfortunately?)! Totally chilling-awesome 😀
Sorry anyone can relate, really. I’m glad you liked it 🙂
Thank you so much.
Darkness seems to breed terror…unfortunately my nightmares as a child came from secrets I was forced to keep
Same here….it seems many of us creative types have some darkness in our pasts. Thank you for reading.