Thank you to the random person who posted this on weheartit.com . Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween, my boys and ghouls! In honour of this creeeeepy time of year, I have written a poem, aptly titled ‘Danse Macabre (Dance of Death, for all of you who don’t know French) ‘. I hope you enjoy! 🙂
The night is young
The moon still low
The stars still dim
The wind still slow
Night bleeds through the sky
Like water in dirt
Wine on a dress
Blood through a shirt
The bodies then come
From the graves they start to stand
They’ve come out to play
To dance while they can
And then comes Death
Brooding and dark
Mysterious as they come
A heart cold and stark
And then the music starts
A tuneless fiddle
A dented trumpet
And a harp in the middle
He extends a hand towards me
Long fingers wrap around mine
He looks deep into my soul
Sending chills down my spine
He spins me around the graveyard
He twirls me under the tree
Where a girl hung herself;
She was one out of three
He wraps an arm around my waist
And pulls me in close
He stares in my eyes
And I think my blood froze
“You’ll see me soon,” he said.
More of a command than a promise
One kiss sealed our deal
He lips were cold, chilled by darkness
And as the morning showed her face
The music suddenly stopped
The dance suddenly ceased
And to their tombs the dead did flock
And Death left me alone
He retreated to the underworld
And it pained me to stay here
A living human couldn’t join his world
And now that I was all alone
The world looked so grim
And I wished that I was dead
Because then I could be with him
I hoped you liked my Dance with Death! Feel free to tell me what you’re doing for Halloween! I’m dying to know. Now excuse while I go and steal chocolate off little kids while they go trick-or-treating eat lots of chocolate under the bed.
Happy Halloween!
-The Empress
