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Lingering light dwindles among the horizon
Twilight fades with a farewell from the sun
Shadows disappear as stars sprinkle the sky
with the moon illuminating those who walk by
Woods appear so much more ominous at night
silent blackness causing an overwhelming fright
Trees are like charcoal – inky blankets all around
as nocturnal animals hunt without making a sound
Country paths seem lifeless in the eerie dark
occasionally disturbed by a guard dog’s bark
Temperatures fall with the mid winter freeze
people feel the chill with the cold air breeze
Day light sneaks in as the sun begins to rise
the moon and stars hide away in disguise
Patiently waiting for the darkness to reappear
so they can play again, when humans disappear.

2015, The Silent One

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In Response

 
As twilight fades he stirs in his coffin bed,
for thousands of years now he has been dead;
and as the night darkens to inky eerie black,
he leaves his tomb looking for a bloody snack. 

The darkest or nights is the best,
for he can walk among humans with no unrest;
he walks silently the streets, and crowned parks,
and on many he has left his bite marks.

He prowls the city until the moon and stars fade,
and he sees a girl looking through him unafraid;
he feels the aching of loneliness and a sensual need, 
oh, yes this pale beauty he will make bleed.

She comes to him as if he is one of her lovers,
and for a moment over her delicate beauty he hovers;
then, he sinks his teeth with lust into her skin,
and carries her to his coffin so they could lay within. 

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October 17, 2020


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