The Scary Story
Around a campfire children sat
Trading stories of ghouls ghosts and bats
Shrieking with laughter and delicious fear
A reminder of Halloween drawing near.
One child stayed quiet with a ghostly expression
Until all fell silent then he called to session
A story so scary, so wicked, so grim-
-That when it was done he was ripped limb from limb.
They tried him for witchcraft, acting as judge and jury
Then acted executioner enacting their fury.
They left his corpse by the campfire that night
Then left for their homes with the mornings bright light
They tried to forget the horrors they’d done
Then realized the horrors had only begun.
When toys turned to bones in the sweet little hands
Sanity swept by the wayside like sand.
All through the night and all through the day
The children heard whispers, nerves started to fray.
The story they killed for then tried to forget
Echoed around them weaving it’s net
The poor blood thirsty children started to scream
The boy’s scary story found its way to their dreams.
Parents got worried, and started a panic
You know how parents are when they get frantic
They locked all their children away out of fright
Not knowing their kids were the monsters that night.
These horrors continued till a year to the day
When the boy told the story and with his life paid.
Each child involved gave their parent the slip
Then made their way to that old fire pit.
They cried tears of panic, and fear, and remorse
When they saw the small child’s picked-apart corpse.
“We beg for forgiveness” They screamed to the air
They ripped at their skin, and they pulled out their hair
With the hair and the skin an a bit of old leather
They put the poor boy’s body back together.
Now every year as it draws near Halloween
If you listen closely you’ll still hear the screams
Of the children’s last moments that echo forever
Killed by the boy that they put back together.
Copyright © The Ant | Year Posted 2024
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