10/09/2012

A Place

(Photo by Danny Ouellet
Source:  Stockvault)


There's a place at edge of light
Where thin the line 'tween day and night
Where nightmares wait just out of sight
And sunshine turns to dark.

There's a place in black of night
Where safety fades, replaced with fright
Where nightmares come with dad's goodnight
And childhood life departs.

There's a place above the deep
Where ere I jump, I stand and weep
And pray the lord my soul to keep
From this body torn apart.

There's a place where nightmares dwell
Where witches cackle and conjure spells
Where demons dance, escaped from hell
And hate pervades the heart.



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22 comments:

  1. damn, you are trying to make sure i dont sleep tonight arent you...shivers...the rhythm is as haunting as the images...something sinister this way comes....smiles.

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  2. Nice write! There is a place....

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  3. Very Halloween-esque, creepy and spine-tingling.

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  4. ooh, so chilling... i know this place. fabulous cadence.

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  5. Well, this certainly gets me in the Halloween mood. Loved the way you worked so effectively with rhyme.

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  6. This is perfect for Haunting Halloween ~ It's creepy,yikes ~

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  7. The rhyming is flawless, and talk about mood and atmosphere. I had to turn on an extra light! Well done, kiddo.

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  8. Well, I'll sleep with the radio on (softly) tonight. Patti, this sounds as if you've been there. Maybe all have, to an extent.

    Your words come close to perfection, Patti!
    PEACE!

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  9. I agree, chilling and perfectly executed.

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  10. Yes, chilling - perfect for the upcoming holiday.

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  11. Rhyme, diction, cadence and mood are all spot on, Patti. You did yourself proud with this one, along the lines of James Whitcomb Riley's 'Little Orphant Annie.'

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  12. Haunting and sad. I felt as though it was an account from the heart of an abused child.

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  13. oh my goodness...this gave me shivers...and i'm glad it's morning and the sun's about to rise soon..

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  14. This is the stuff of real nightmares. The type I used to have.
    A very effective, scary read.

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  15. Nightmares..incorporated into rhyme..the basis of fears some real, some imagined - tales of truth told through the ages, warnings to all. So well delivered here in your chilling verse.

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  16. Very scary! your rhyme and cadence add significantly to the mood of this poem. Well done!

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  17. All I can think is that whenever I go somewhere in a dark room, I can feel the creepy feeling of someone watching me. It's really scary.

    Home Loan Cockburn

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  18. That is perfect Patti. I love the flow and rhyme of it. You paint a dark picture that I had to read aloud to give more strength to.

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  19. Scary but perfect write - we all have our dark places and generally are more aware of them when night falls...

    Anna :o]

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  20. Patti, your work has a dark touch to it these days...not a bad thing btw

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