John Lawless Poet Free verse

Yikes

slowly do they creep
these demons
smiling slayers of souls
creeping
shadow-like thoughts
incubated in the womb
of a dungeoness despair
taunting the daylight
of forever’s darkness


John G. Lawless
©3/19/2019

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Andrea Dietrich March 19, 2019 at 7:18 PM Yikes is right!! John Lawless March 20, 2019 at 2:45 PM yup, just romping in the fearful fog of imagination

Catie Lindsey March 19, 2019 at 12:08 PM Been there!! And yes, Yikes is a very good title for this little poem. Hugs, Catie :-) John Lawless March 20, 2019 at 2:44 PM Yeah, Catie, we had one of those eerie, show shedding foggy nights...a misty haven for the mind's menagerie