FLAMES OF FEAR

Echoes of thunder
Flashes of lightening
Suppress your gasps
Endure what’s frightening

Hurried footsteps
Piercing screams
Shut them out
They are but dreams

Dimming lights
Dodging shadows
Completely ignore
Their unearthly cackles

Rustling paper
Dripping water
Hear the wishes
Of a long dead martyr

Creaking stairs
Slamming doors
“Avoid everything
On the upper floors”

An endless wail
A distant shriek
“You best start running
It is you they seek”