horror poetry Archives - Storyteller http://sheilaenglish.com/tag/horror-poetry/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 06:21:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://sheilaenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-favicon-32x32.png horror poetry Archives - Storyteller http://sheilaenglish.com/tag/horror-poetry/ 32 32 Come to Kill You – A Poem by Sheila English http://sheilaenglish.com/come-to-kill-you-a-poem-by-sheila-english/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=come-to-kill-you-a-poem-by-sheila-english http://sheilaenglish.com/come-to-kill-you-a-poem-by-sheila-english/#_comments Thu, 25 Mar 2021 01:19:02 +0000 https://sheilaenglish.com/?p=1280

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The sound of fallen glass

In an empty room

Bang! Crack! Echo…

Footsteps on carpeted stairs

Thump… thump… thump…

The handle of the bedroom door moves

Rattle… rattle… rattle…

An unseen hand opens the door

Click… squeak… silence…

Silhouette and shadow move through the room

Swish… bump… woosh…

The covers are pulled from the foot of the bed

Slow… steady… pulling…

There is no one standing there

Breath… hiss… silence…

An invisible hand compresses the throat

Gasp! Struggle! Wheeze…

It comes into focus as the final breath is drawn

No! No! No!

Your greatest sin has come to kill you

What do you see?

 

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]]> http://sheilaenglish.com/come-to-kill-you-a-poem-by-sheila-english/feed/ 0 The Misrepresentation of Ghosts – A Poem by Sheila English http://sheilaenglish.com/the-misrepresentation-of-ghosts-a-poem-by-sheila-english/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-misrepresentation-of-ghosts-a-poem-by-sheila-english http://sheilaenglish.com/the-misrepresentation-of-ghosts-a-poem-by-sheila-english/#_comments Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:51:58 +0000 https://sheilaenglish.com/?p=1278             Not everything that is dark Is dreary Not everything that is horrific Is scary Not everything that is ghost-filled Is haunted Not everything that is known Is understood Not everything that is dead Is gone

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Not everything that is dark

Is dreary

Not everything that is horrific

Is scary

Not everything that is ghost-filled

Is haunted

Not everything that is known

Is understood

Not everything that is dead

Is gone

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