Death Haunting

This is a collaboration with Ghost.

The Jack-o’-lantern sat unlit on the front porch

A tendril of fog coiled around it like a caressing vine

In the distance came the sound of a dog’s eerie bark

From inside echoed the Grandfather clock’s hourly chime

 

Something grayish and wispy floated up the street

From its lofty tree top perch a large dark bird snapped its beak

The misty form came to a halt in front of one certain house

Its high pitched cry of success sounded nightmarish and bleak

 

He had found his beautiful childhood home

And his life in the land of the dead decayed

Now he shall haunt the family within

Send a chill into their souls like a blade

 

He passed through the front door with glee

The family within froze in shocked fear

He spoke in a voice blacker than death

“Get out or your blood will bubble and sear!”

 

The air in the house grew thick and corrosive

To breathe it in was to breathe in death

Choking and stumbling the family attempted to leave

But they took too long, for then there was nothing left

 

The grey wispy spectre let out a dark laugh

His childhood home was finally his again, forever

The Jack-o’-lantern on the front porch he sparked to dark life

On All Hallow’s Eve the living feel the dead breath of each dead creature

  

 

 

Author's Note

This is another fantastic collaboration with Ghost.

Reviews

[Eric Cox]

I love your creative touch to this collaboration, it turned out very cool.

[Star Wolf]

Very vivid and scary. Awesome collaboration on this deadly ghost poem.

[Black Cat Fever]

Nicely spooky and chilling. A ghost taking back its former home in a deadly style.

[Ladysue]

this was awesomely done...a great collaboration...

[Sean M. Addams]

awesome job on this creepy collabration ..liked the rhyme and darkness of this piece alot... great job to both of you ... we should do a three way collabration sometime would be a haunting piece indeed!

[Jenny Nelson]

I do love ghost stories, and this was a great one.