Why Me? Written 31st October 2003 (Halloween)

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The cold night airing the graveyard brings a frosty chill,

Moon shining brightly, everything standing still.

Flames flicker through my eyes,

Am I the devil in disguise?

The atmosphere so quiet, no noise to raise the dead,

How much further do I have to walk, not sure what lies ahead?

I stand here all alone, I fill with fear and fright,

Every little noise seems worse when at night.

Is my head playing tricks, is my mind playing games,

I look at all the gravestones to visualise the names.

Owls start to hoot and bats pass me by,

Fear has frozen in me, as I begin to cry.

Everything is hazy, nothing is very clear,

Not one thing is as it is suppose to appear.

I am shaking all over, I break to a cold sweat,

Had this been reality, had I reason to fear and fret?

I open to eyes to the real world, everything is as I have seen,

The panic, the fear, the sweating was only just a dream.

© Copyrighted 2014 to Lorraine Barber

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