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Tennessee Angel
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0 posted 2000-08-28 09:38 PM


In darkness, he hides...waiting,
waiting for his next victim to appear.
He snatches them from the realm of innocence
and whisks them away to a world of fear.

Struggle though they may, it is futile.
The chance of escape is slim...if any.
For his grip is tighter than that of a miser
who is holding his very last penny.

Their cries fall on the ears of the deaf.
His intentions dishonorable, this you should know.
He tightens his hold until you gasp for breath
and as you enter oblivion he suddenly lets go.

He is no respecter of person...
anyone may be a victim if his path they cross.
He enters their mind a little at a time
and their peaceful sleep is forever lost.

Consider this fair warning to all...
for it is in darkness that he awaits.
He patiently sits 'til you close your eyes
then mischievously alters your fate.

He steals the dreams you thought you'd dream;
transports you to a place you know not where.
He's the source...the one behind the curtain.
He is the maker of your every nightmare.

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Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
1 posted 2000-08-28 10:27 PM


Been reading Stephen King lately?...and me, about to shut down for the night...NOT now!
AVANTI
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2 posted 2000-08-29 12:32 PM


very eerie..and abstract...
well written

If I should fall again, then they will laugh but what if just this one I rise?
Avanti Rao



Rosebud1229
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since 2000-04-05
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3 posted 2000-08-29 12:44 PM


whew! have to take a breather after this, maybe Dean Koonz he's eerie too.
Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26
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4 posted 2000-08-30 05:03 AM


(in a deep dark voice) AND THAT IS ME??? HA HA HA ... fear of the dark, when darkness haunts as a shadowed silhoutte, and out comes a hand touching your shoulder, nails clawing the spine, sending shivers...

before I get on the dark road... let me say that this was an excellent poem ...

regards,
sudhir

sonjes
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since 2000-02-18
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5 posted 2000-08-31 03:07 PM


my first thoughts were Freddy Kruger when I read this...you know, Nightmare on Elm Street...but only after I got to the end.  All the way up to that, I was wondering what it was you were writing about...I thought maybe it was an emotion or one of the seven deadly sins.  But I really liked this, dark and eerie like AVANTI said.
  Whew!  I want to read it again and again!!! The morbid side of me showing through.  

Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence.
-Enigma


~Enigma~
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6 posted 2000-08-31 03:59 PM


You write darkside of the realm very very well.
Sven
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7 posted 2000-08-31 09:54 PM


Excellent. . . this one sent shivers up my spine. . .

Well done my friend. . .

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That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl


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