Rukasu-the-Great

Something preternatural waits On the borderland between here And unreality. Shapes move where shapes shouldn't be Touching evening penumbra on the floor Look away, don't let them know you see Lie down and close your eyes. Fogging windows of perception Quantum nightmares tear their holes In a fabric knitted carelessly Try not to look, to think But the ones outside can always tell Always. Its behind me Coiling and uncoiling Its snares at the ready Urging me to eat The spoiled fruit from the tree of insanity Travels like smoke, like words Embracing the lost and unwary Constricting, entering Taking over, thought by thought C

There is no darkness inside the light No frantic ramblings of twisted fright No bleeding wrists of barbs held tight No screaming fangs prepared to bite No demons gathering in dark delight To torment you every day and night Such bliss in these flames alight Until insanity snuffs out your sight Dance the dance within the day No letting nightmares have their way Refusing to look beyond today Closing your eyes in hopes to stay To dance within the light's bright ray Feeling the cold being held at bay Ignoring the winds that tear and fray Until insanity comes into play So much for light and smiles dear Happiness forever lost inside the fear Withi