Halloween Aliens Awaken
Haunted House was built on cemetery grounds
Completed at a time before the aliens in white arrived
Cold fleshed, green teethed, in gray seasons grip
Beneath the rocks in molded soil hidden
Bones lifted in a dig disfigured
More dead than alive, lost souls vacated
The spade laid down for a seconds spell
With crusted man along the dirty rock
To take a breath and gaze into the void
Sweat serene, glistening, dripping from the brow
Elongated fractured skulls rest settled
Reveal nothing to the nothing new
A grave robbers truth comes with uninvited guests
Moved in unannounced uncounted under haunted house
Under a blood drained moon anemic to the touch
Giant trees shrouded, doomed, draped in black
Fog hides dark sins, cast dim images, shed in mystery
Surmise a death spiral rising from the grave
Comes calling along the last crusted leaves revealed
Dried, turned brown, died, dead on the boughs
Hung over the inevitable advance of age
Blown hollow now on Winters wind deceased
Clouds gather at the ripe time harvested
Watch gouged out eyes inflicted by angry aliens
Nails sharp, metallic claws, ripping at the throat
Scratching at the vacant skies half maddening
Exposing a complex skeletal system poisoned
A cobwebbed network of limp branched bones
That fill in the nightmares shared by strangers
Fall collapsed, civilization followed, laughed
Cemetery house claims an ugly infestation
Aliens, lost souls, elongated skulls remain
Quiet, serene, for the time being
Visitors tongues are silenced
Cut out with a smile, glistening white
Poem created on 9/28/2016 for "Scare Me Good" Poetry Contest
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2016
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