Ears fill with the technicolor aromas
Eyes fogged by the odorous screams
Nostrils tingle from the monochromatic sobs
But the mouth waters, from the sweet, savory flavor
Dripping down the walls
Pooling on the floor
It drains from somewhere up above
Fear restricts the searching
Could it be an act of beauty?
Was it a grotesque crime?
Those sounds where are they coming from...
What is that horrid smell.
All but the taste defy our logic
It goes beyond the realm of human senses
Seems almost polarized
And the feeling is the same
Both amazed and disgusted
Dazzled and appalled
What unearthly dimension has it fled,
To infest my quiet manor?
The others don't notice it.
Not a word was said
The fear it paralyzed me
And I couldn't place the cause.
Ws any of this real?
I wondered as I heard it.
The gargling...I saw it
The cascading.
I could smell the turmoil.
All of it was tangible.
What monsters inhabited this place?
What evil dwelled here?
The pain it shattered me.
In that moment.
I saw its face.
Not directly of course.
The creature, I saw it.
and the horror destroyed me.
I couldn't breathe.
I couldn't look away.
I fell to my knees and wept.
I saw it.
Looking at me,
with bright eyes.
Terror on its face,
Blood on its hands.
The skin was translucent almost
And it was right there.
Looking at me,
I saw it.
Bloodied.
In the mirror.