Hyde Bound Fiend Waged Ominous War

This misanthrope lived
     most all his life alone,
yet upon awakening
     this very early morn,
     mine eyes saw me prone
naked body adrip atop
     blood soaked sheets,
     that glommed to mine

     lacerated flesh and shone
deep red as moonlight seeped
     thru chink in the stone wall,
     nothing else stirred 
     'cept myself abed,
     but sinew and bone
suddenly alarmed
     what demon slashed 

     into red ribbons,
     whence fright suddenly,
     I choked, gasped,
     and loosed a groan
upon e'en the slightest movement
     found me to moan
with excruciating pain,
     while in thine head

     did sinister demon fueled,
     a wounded pained animal groan
maniacal cackling gradually
     increasing to an ear piercing,
     hounding and deafening tone,
whence hands attempted
     to clap away
     evil frightful shrill

     ne'er heard nor known
afore this nightmarish scene
capped when nine inch nails
     caked with thick
     dried blood shown
in the dim light affixed
     to monster sized brown
paws not my own,

yet latched to this
     gruesome near slain
     (bodily heap of mine)
     ogre haunted nemesis over blown
     sanity, and frightfully unknown

as like an accursed beast
     methought hie got catapulted
     to the outer limits
     of the twilight zone.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Lovejoy-Burton Avatar
October 10, 2018 at 11:38 AM
Better than Poe. Kind of H.P. Lovecraft. I must look into R.L. Stevenson's motivations with his story.
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