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Waking Heaven, Sleeping Hell

December 3, 2021
By PEARsona BRONZE, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
PEARsona BRONZE, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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In the garden of eldritch horrors, I lay dreaming

While my heartbeat ends its gallop

And at last with a stop, I awake screaming


A dark moon hangs in the sky beaming

Piercing my soul with bleakness from atop

In the garden of eldritch horrors, I lay dreaming


Each night I return to the place of horrors teeming

A dark viscous fluid drips from every crop

And at last with a stop, I awake screaming


The faint light cast by the dark moon is always gleaming

A silence so horrible you could hear blood drop

In the garden of eldritch horrors, I lay dreaming


What is there to gain from this place of ill-meaning

Where I lay every night defenseless as a broken prop

And at last with a stop, I awake screaming


The memories of these terrors never stop streaming

The sounds of bleeding plants, carried by every raindrop

In the garden of eldritch horrors, I lay dreaming

And at last with a stop, I awake screaming


The author's comments:

This piece is a villanelle I wrote inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's work, the inspiration can be seen in the wordplay and subject matter.


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