Lived In Me

***( Consider this my tribute to Edgar Allen Poe )***


I met the ones that crawl below.
Not so very long ago.

When failing legs did cause the fall.
That brought me to their garden wall.

And as I laid among the leaves.
beneath the tall and brawny trees

My bones took on a dreadful chill.
And breath would ceased as I lay still.

For now the ones that crawl below.
Will soon begin to ebb and flow.

And as they move with greater haste,
Hungry now for just a taste.

They enact their grisly trade.
In the garden where I laid.

And so begins the ghoulish feast,
For all the little squirming beasts.

For as they feast they will be,
The last of all that lived in me.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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May 5, 2016 at 2:53 AM
Tom, this is an awesome poem, thank you for sharing. --SKAT
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April 22, 2016 at 10:44 AM
deep write, TOM.... love linda
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August 17, 2014 at 10:13 PM
Ewwwh....good one, made me shiver..Perfect for Halloween..BG
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