Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ~Kahlil Gibran

Sunday, June 10, 2012

My Haunted House

My past is full of poisons, precious
my heart, a home for horrors past
Once, these devils near overcame me

Gladly, that moment didn't last

But as you wander in those corridors
in those chambers of my heart
Beware of shadow creatures
and from lamplight, never part

I have chained them in these inky places
and once in every while, dear,
for you, those Ghostly claws may reach

Still though, as I said,
with me close by to guard you,
there is nothing real to dread
and with this warning comes a question,
a hope, a siren call
are you brave enough to love me,
full of darkness, demons, and all?

My Haunted House by Dakota Farley