Shapeless Shifting Shadows

Shapeless shifting shadows
among the creaking trees
I nearly lost my bladder
with the shaking of my knees

Upon the mighty grave I crawled
I heard a mourning cry
It was the sound of darkened death
I felt the piercing of my eye

Quickly upon me it pounced and gnawed
I fought it tooth and nail
it's claws that shredded my sweet skin
then left me there impaled

My soul left my tattered body
which was nothing but a shell
while all along the demons laughed
as I joined them there in Hell

Shapeless shifting shadows
among the shifting trees
Will you be the demon's next victim
Or be tortured with disease.

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*** Note -This was a poem I wrote for a dark poetry contest in which I won third place and a merit badge.