Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

Fear crept up his spine
A ringing centipede of ice.
Hunched, trembling under sheets
A voice but an echo
Floated from the shadow
"Let's play Hide and Seek,
I'll count to ten
No one will find you again."

As all but the game is of darkness
A ghost of fame
Known is his shame
Under the echo's rigs torn sheets
I will hide
Let's see if this is my dream
As I think
Can you see my soul
In this game of ten counts

The rattle of chains
Heavy binds dragging
Muted laughter in the distance
Weeping fading into the gloom
Spirited throughout the room
His limbs frigid and weak
"Let us begin
You just have to let me in"

To calm the silent cries
As there is no boundaries
For you are the chapter
In alliance
For you shall master
Inside the beauty of garden
That is the bed of ballroom darkness

When the silence stills
The cries and laughter fray
It is time to play
We shall dance a dreary waltz
In the glow of silver
Carried away by the moonlight
Off into a dismal night

Shall be filled dreams
In saintly of moons all
Ray's within the kiss
That is fallen in seek
For darkness has a way
That the bones ache
In shivers of warmth depth
For high is loves peek

As a memory you shall fade
Like the ghost to the dying night
Before the dawn
You will be gone
Hidden far, far away
They can have your body
Though less than a zombie
For I have kept the best
Your soul is now mine
The darkness can have the rest

© 2016 Deb Harman & Jerry Langdon