Anthology

Eldritch

They are the real monster?

Blink and you may see it

Who wants to admit

The whisper on the edge of sight

After all

The brush of sound you taste more than hear

Less can accept it

Can you feel it?

Few can see it

Did it feel you?

disbelieving

Shadows twist and hide

Or die

As the lights peer in

You shall fit right in

Stark

Full of terrors

Revealing

This is an alien realm

Harsh

You are not in Kansas anymore

And they wonder why it hides

Caught in its spell

Why it runs

Twisted into its plane

Why they cannot find it

You're trapped now

Cannot see

Into the void

What would make it flee, yet return

Other

So dutifully

To follow a glimpse of something

So bravely

How foolish you now know you were

So reliably

Why was this any different?

Blink and you may see it

Did they not tell you to not trust strangers?

Smile, and it may come closer

That you cannot see

Dip a toe into what could be rather than what is

Than to listen to strange voices

And meet it

Your parents really should have taught you better,

Face to face

Things that look safe, are rarely so

Soul to soul

My mistake, it never had one to begin with

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