Midnight Black

A true story that happened to me on my way home from work. A bit exaggerated, but nevertheless...

Midnight black, cold and dark

Something wrong in my heart

Driving home from work alone

My house approaches closer.

 

As I step out from my car,

Lock my doors and walk

Slowly up my side-way,

I see a figure dark.

 

Black Cat on my door step

Greets me with a stare

Green eyes looming over

Constricting me within.

 

“I am the deepest roar,

I am Sound of the Night.

Witches pet of evil,

Beware of my might.”

 

“Scatter you!” I gasp.

Taking a small step back,

I see it staring at me,

Or in my heart so black.

 

“I am fear that stricken your heart,

I am the black of your demise,

I conquer dreams and ‘mares,

And yours I’ll have tonight.”

 

Panic struck I looked around

Trying to escape.

Courage flowed into my bones

As I was filled with hate.

 

“Constringo vos in sanctitate!

Recesserimus, malum pecus!

Sit uobis nunquam revertetur;

Relinque domum meam in pace.”

 

On oil-black paws of death

It leapt away into a bush

From then on it was never seen,

Then I realized… The Black Cat just ran in front of me.

 

Author's Note

I know it's a bit off of my usual rhyme-scheme, but it had to be told this way. How do you like the flow of it, and what of the story itself? Let me know everything going through your mind right now. Even if it is completely unrelated in every way possible. But I'd rather it be related.

Reviews

[Savannah Hudgens]

This was ironic. And I have to agree with Lost In Wonderland, I thought the same thing about Poe. I think it had to do with the line, "in my heart so black." I imagine him looking down right now with a ghost of a smile on his lips at this. It was nice, and again, ironic. (:
I liked it.

V.

[koty bell]

Dark,creepy,awesome and a little scary....i like it:)

[Sami Khalil]

I like dark writes and this one is soooo good...:)

[Michael Thrower]

Shukran :D

[Marissa Brazzell]

It seems very dark indeed. I like it a lot.

[chaotic katie]

I like the imagery you created in this piece, and it flows so well, fantastic work!

[Michael Thrower]

Well thank you :)

[chaotic katie]

anytime :)

[Lost in Wonderland]

What was going through my mind: "Ohmygosh!!!!! This sound like something Edgar Allan Poem would have been proud to write" :D (he's my favorite poet so hopefully it was taken as a compliment haha) The beginning of the poem reminded me of the many dark nights I have driven home and thought I saw something sinister looking on my familiar neighborhood streets, which made the story all the more chilling. Very good work here. (Is the language you used Latin?)
God Bless
~Lost

[Michael Thrower]

Thank you! And yes it was Latin :) My favorite language; the most powerful of all languages.

The true story was just me driving home around 12am from work. I felt really nervous and chilled because my car was acting up. My house was also completely vacant of people; I was all alone.

That night of work, I was walking to my car and something in the woods stirred and scared me. So I was already a bit frightened as I was driving home. Well when I finally got there, I locked my doors and walked up to my house and there was a black cat just sitting there on my porch, right in front of my door, just staring at me. Scared me to death. When I noticed it, it quickly ran off into the bushes beside my house. So I realized, a black cat just ran in front of me. "Bad luck" and all that, it inspired me to write this. Pretty haunting.

[Lost in Wonderland]

Latin is very powerful, yes:) When ever I touch on something with magic or something east of normal I use Latin or greek...or Italian usually.

Your story reminded me of when I drove my friend Kolton home from Our show/strike. It was like 2 in the morning and one of the houses on his street looked haunted .___. WHen I tried to get back on the main road, I got turned a round and was back in his coldesac again staring at that sketchy house. Haha I was a bit weirded out.

[Michael Thrower]

Yep, those are the three languages of it :D

Ohhh that sounds creepy D:

[Lost in Wonderland]

haha probably made creep my my exhaustion, but oh well haha it was interesting:P