The Unnatural Haunting
The young girl’s lips
shaped the word God,
it was a silent shout,
and no sound came out,
her eyes were covered,
as a dark shadow hovered
and swayed in the breeze,
it was a gray day,
that turned into a dark night,
as she prayed into the twilight,
a ghost was suspended in the stairwell,
softly entangled with the railings,
and she was living a moment in hell,
and as far as she could tell,
only her spirit would yell,
and the fear sent a shock
of sensation through her body,
without compassion,
and it was not unlike
the pleasure of passion,
pain-stricken and weak,
she could not speak,
then the rains came,
and it was lined with pain,
that she could hear
the flow of blood through her veins,
she would then choke,
and the fear filled the room
like smoke...
© 2012 Frank Atanacio