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Midnight Hour |
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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
Something about this midnight hour leaves me tense and short of breath. Darkness descends with a heavy power attempting to smother me to death. Shadows move across the wall and nothing is quite what it seems. Innocence sleeps just down the hall completely lost in peaceful dreams. A tree teasingly scrapes the window and I just pretend not to hear. The angry wind outside does blow. How it fills my heart with fear. The hairs on my neck stand up straight and my pulse quickens its pace. I move toward the bed with an unsteady gait, breathless as though I have just run a race. Under the covers I slip really fast and close my eyes extremely tight. I'm amazed how long night time can last and I pray for the coming of sun light... I hear the alarm clock and so I know that it is now safe to uncover my head. Never again will Edger Allen Poe be the last thing I read before going to bed. --You can either take me as I am...or you can watch me as I go.-- |
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MagnoliaBlue Member
since 2000-05-12
Posts 367 |
Wonderful! Wonderful! Keep writing.  magnoliaBlue ~My Skipper Jim I love you! Your Lady June~ |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
dont ya hate having the OOGIES at night  LOLgreat writing love the line "innocence sleeps down the hall" very cool take care jm What the caterpillar calls the end ... The world calls a butterfly ~LaoTzeTao~ ~Butterflies are meant to be free~ |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Ooooh - TennesseeAngel~ I wouldn't want Poe walking my halls either ! Thanks for the fright of the night - might explain why I'm sitting this one awake ! I ain't 'fraid of no ghosts ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
this reminds me of the time when i was too scared to go to bed after watching scary ghost movies or reading "True Ghost Stories" [This message has been edited by kaile (edited 07-02-2000).] |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
Tennessee, im impressed by the way how smooth this one flows despite the rhyme scheme...this must have been a difficult one to write but you have done it very well  LOL about the ending!!! |
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ESP Member Elite
since 2000-01-25
Posts 2556Floating gently on a cloud.... |
Brilliant!!! I hate heebie jeebies!!! Love and hugs, Lizzie  "Poetry is the true expression of my soul, it is my ultimate means of communication. It is my rainbow of delight." |
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Tennessee Angel Senior Member
since 2000-06-03
Posts 661Tennessee |
Thank you everyone for your wonderful replies. I'm pretty much a midnight poet so I thought it only fitting to write a piece about midnight. --You can either take me as I am...or you can watch me as I go.-- |
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