The Spiders Lullaby

The Spiders Lullaby

A Poem by L0v3craft
"

Beware the spiders...they eat eyelids...rawr.

"
I watched spiders crawl out from her mouth, 
their legs twitching and jerking about in random spasms. 
They made way for her eyelids, gnawing away
 like parasitic rats sheltered behind cold walls
 echoing tainted memories only moths could recall. 
The spiders were the bane of sight,
 the logic and reason for blindness, 
to bind darkness to those who were already lost without the light.

I watched the spiders spit venom into her eyes,
 their legs twitching and jerking about in random spasms.
 She was unable to blink, unable to think,
unable to stop the poison from corroding morality 
perceived through her mind’s third eye.
 The venom seeped through and damaged her porcelain soul, 
little by little vacant spaces replaced what amnesia sought
 as she started to sing deadly lullabies the spiders had forgot.

I watched the spiders creep down into her head,
their legs twitching and jerking about in random spasms.
 They weaved a special web to catch and save the tears
they knew she would shed, but I guess that didn’t matter--
she was already dead.

© 2011 L0v3craft


Author's Note

L0v3craft
itsy, bitsy spider, chaps.

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A brilliant darkness dances here with eight-legged shadows... You stun and stir and strike with words that wreak a madness into life and death... such eyes that see skin and soul... Powerful words... (I have a thing for spiders.. was found playing with a black widow when just a tot... never quite grew out of that fascination :)

Posted 11 Years Ago


Gives arachnophobia a whole new, dreadful meaning

Posted 11 Years Ago


L0v3craft

11 Years Ago

indeed it does ;p
thank you for the review!
Demented disturbing thoughts... I love to picture this out in my dreams someday...

Posted 11 Years Ago


is it me or just a coincidence when spiders meet lullabies? I've got to say this is a bit creepy yet has the aesthetic appeal...I was reminded of The Cure's Lullaby...


Posted 11 Years Ago


Where I live, sometimes I think my dark mind is nothing to be shared. But then I come across work like yours and I get excited to know that I'm not the only one out there! I loved the detailed. It played like a film in my head. I'm a fan...

btw, Lullaby-The Cure...

Posted 11 Years Ago


Man this is twisted dark poetry.The imagery was very creepy
Cryptic vibe great work

Posted 12 Years Ago


there was an old lady that swallowed a spider, that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her...

That's literally all that went through my head reading this.

Perhaps she'll die...

Posted 12 Years Ago


disgusting. i love it.

Posted 12 Years Ago


I read the phrase "random spasms" in the first stanza and wasn't sure. The repetition of it actually ended up being one of my favorite things about this poem though. Serious well done on this one, enjoyed it massively.

Posted 12 Years Ago



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Added on August 24, 2011
Last Updated on October 10, 2011
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L0v3craft
L0v3craft

NPR, FL



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"I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, .. more..

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