isabelle (night horrors)

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the spookiest of the three night horrors poems i wrote! here's an important life tip: don't kill girls named isabelle :) also, i totally didn't forget to post this morning............ thanks for reading!!

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isabelle

isabelle

with her

golden curls

they weren't

so golden

in the end

or so they

tell me

isabelle

isabelle

her name like

a sad echo

a whisper

in hallways

to remind those

who refuse to

believe

that the dead

can awaken

a story

told to children

goosebumps

on pale skin

isabelle

isabelle

she must've been

frightened

pale blue eyes

watery

like a stream

in need of a

good long rain

painfully silent

why didn't she

scream

isabelle

isabelle

she was going to

grow old

turn nineteen

buy new

shoes

and marry

james

the pride of the

town

with her

neat blue dress

it wasn't so

blue

in the end

isabelle

isabelle

pearl necklaces

saved for her

sweet sixteen

she used to

sit on the

window seat

and look up

at the sky

she was

staring at the

clouds

when they

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