Dread Stories

Tell me truthfully how it came about,Explain to me where things went so astray,That joyful certainty should turn to doubt,Those bright flowers of love stained by decay.My aching heart is full of unnamed fears,Dreading to hear the unforgiving truth,Assure me that all will not end in tearsThat time itself will be unable to soothe.Speak words to prove my disquiet baseless,Merely unreal spectres sent to tormentBy the demons t...

Icy flash!Awake at night!Jolt shoots through my being!Numbness travels up my arms -And as I lose my feeling -Heart thumps fast at such a pace,It seems to want to flee me -High pitched shriek  Runs through my headMy chest in death grip squeezing -Body cold, I’m so afraid,My teeth then start to chatter -Such fear I feel of everythingWhy? It does not matter -Sitting, rocking, in my room -When will this be over?My life is rea...

My wife is away for a few days, off on one of her junketsWhich leaves me here alone in this house to consider What life would be like if she didn't returnI look around this empty house and I begin to wonder Sitting in the living room with the television offIt's lonely when the only sound is the Seth Thomas clockI know I would miss her smile, her laughter, and her just being there for me Our walks in the woods, her listeni...