`The Children Of The Grave`

3-way collaboration by Sean Addams, Fran Marie and Tina Kline

The bruised night air is a symbol of hurt

A sadness awakens far beneath the unsettled dirt

Through the devil’s hand cries of sorrow we couldn’t save

The phantom moon calls out to the children of the grave

Children’s voices and footsteps come alive then slowly disappear

Parents look through empty rooms realizing their dark wounded fears

Back to avenge their parents’ dirty deeds

 

And open wounds of sorrow as their soul bleeds

 

Apparitions taunting in hallways; haunting with each room

 

A curse of death from yon spirits, filled with hate and gloom

 

A ghostly presence so severe its force will not leave them alone

 

There  for revenge with a will of their own

 

They returned the hurt to their parents a hundred fold

Absorbing their life essence leaving them prematurely old

As shriveled husks they look out of terrified eyes

It’s their dead children who did this they are shocked to realize

Old and feeble now in their perpetual dying shells

An eternity to be trapped in their new found physical hell

Reviews

[Sean M. Addams]

I always liked this piece.. I can't believe this was 5 years ago .. GREAT MINDS WORK WELL TOGETHER:)

[Fran Marie]

5,years, yeah, I know, right?...time goes so fast...

[Emily]

Very nice poem!
Keep on writing!!

[alifeacoustic]

Great collab that flows seamlessly from writer to writer. Full of chilling foreboding that this time of year brings us. I honestly would have had no idea that this was a collab unless you mentioned it. Great job.
Not a fan of the typeface though. had to copy it to a word doc and change it, sorry.

[Aven]

A shriek in the night. Beautiful dark.

[Bubo]

An amazing write.........haunting, and leaves us feeling justified that the parents suffered.............such a cold chill throughout and a deep sadness at the loss of young souls.

[Tina Kline]

I think we did a great job on this. I enjoyed working on this piece with you and Sean.

[deeps]

Wonderful and amazing piece here. Enjoyed!!

[Sean M. Addams]

this really turned out great ... we each added our chilling touches to this deep ghost poem and the results were solid and impressive ..great minds think alike ... we should defintley do this again..