Scary Free Verse Poems

Darkness is scary, not only because it contains the unknown, but because it IS the unknown. 

It can infest, transform, manipulate and takeover our souls....

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The rats ate the walls, ate the clothes
You could hear them baring teeth and boring holes
And there was a sign outside the window
But not a...

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Farther and farther you go
I hope you dig yourself a grave
Buried and no way out
Without a coffin so I can watch you choke
On your sins...

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b  a  n  g   b  a  n  g!
I couldn't believe I just fired some shots
there she laid...
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I am that night which is full of darkness,

Neither the moon is my companion, nor the stars have any existence.

Every corner cries a story inside...

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The outdoors. 
Underground is where they live. 
We walk mostly above ground. 
We see flowers and walk on the trails. 

The outdoors. 
There are snakes...

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Not the truth of hierarchy 
I loved the lie of life

Naked truth kills the humanity of falsehood

There is no religion
Death is the peace of heaven

Holy...

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Lost in my dream

I love laying you on your back,
Your head on the pillow,
Legs spread,
Open and ready.
A kiss to your treasure,
So wet and warm,
While caressing...

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He gets up from the death bed
A dream or madness? My thoughts wander
A worrying chill runs down my spine
I throw up hard, then blindly faint

The...

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Seniors should be
Care for and protected
Not upset and having
To worry about their future
Wondering where they're going to get
Their next meal, how to
Pay for medication or
Even...

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The Enemy Within

   "All cruelty springs from weakness." - Seneca

Oh Yes.
There is an Enemy Within.
It lives within, feeds upon, you.

Senseless, yelloweyed
It informs all...

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At the first sign of the morning light
I hear the thunder roar!
It woke me from my sleep as the bed grappled my body
Not to be...

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Written 04/02/2025, for the Iron Maiden " Dance of Death" song, contest sponsored by Robert James L. 

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1.) 
Medicated for depression, 
Was feeling kinda useless. 
Self medicating now but I’m still feeling kinda useless. 
Prescribed a handful of tissues, 
Scratch issues out...

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