It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...

"The Creature"

It was a dark and stormy night,

The spindly trees bent and cracked

And made way for thunder streaked light,

The creature crouched, grimy with soot and mud,

Lurking in unholy shadows, just under sight,

It came from the eternal pits of flame

With rotten teeth and serpent tongue, a terrible bite,

In the broken window, it saw itself,

The skin pierced where maggots sewed their seeds enough to fill it with fright,

It forgot what it was to be human 

When it sold its soul, its birthright,

To stalk the torrent winds for what it lost to the swallow of eternity.

"Hallowed Night"

It was a dark and stormy night

The winds did blow a hollow fright

On loathsome creatures ever stirring

Through frosted gale’s constant whirring

No hope beside remains deterring

The frozen winter’s churlish bite

A fate deprived of all repent

A passing fabled great lament

A girl once loved named Annabel

A tale only heart could tell

Of sorrow no poem could quell

Nevermore ever well

Her death aghast decrepit leaves

A sullen soul alone aggrieves

Cursèd seraphim cause of blight

Absconder of all pure and white

Halcyon days of veiled light

Forsaken on this hallowed night

"Pumpkin"

It was a dark and stormy night,

Fog crawls across the empty street,

A candle flickers inside the hollow pumpkin.

Footsteps echo, then vanish,

The night holds its breath.

Fog creeps through cracked pavement.

The moon hangs thin, tired, and cold.

A shadow flickers at the edge of sight.

The wind chews on distant sounds.

Something is waiting—and it’s close.

"The Boy in the Dark"

It was a dark and stormy night

And all doors were shut 

For the feeling of immense fright

Was present in everybody’s gut.

However, walking in the dark 

There was a young boy 

And on a journey, he decided to embark

With an unusual amount of joy

All the creatures hiding in the shadow

Were stunned by his gait

For how could one use fear to bestow

When he was too fearless to take the bait?

So the boy walked forth, without adversary

And made it home safe and sound.

The stormy night is not so scary

When one treats life as a playground.

"Vision"

It was a dark and stormy night,

The stars were blurred by the Incandescent twinkle in my eye.

As my vision went in and out,

I stopped.

Help me.

Help yourself.

"You"

Twas a night so dark and stormy

When you knocked upon my door

In the dark you stood before me

As the mist blew on the moor

Who were you? Why were you here?

I did not know it yet.

My heart and mind had froze with fear

As time'd made me forget

Where had you gone? I had been blind,

So many years ago

Your laughter- echo in my mind,

Your coffin down below.

"The Wind"

It was a dark and stormy night,

The wind carried whispers

Of your hollow promises.

I laid on my side, eyes wide,

Waiting for your call.

I grew tired of asking,

My silence a subtle defiance

And I went to sleep.

"Nightmares"

It was a dark and stormy night

An illusion in an illusion within 

The streets they lay in scathed sin

Where cloaked in sickly silver he split  

Running blind rampant and resigned   

From the murders in the rue Morgue 

Twelve sharply the church bell strikes  

And I think I’ve heard your voice before 

In a whirling reflection in black and white in 

What might be recurring; a common midnight 

A dark and stormy night, a mirror in my mind tonight.