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Category:
Poetry
Publisher: Terry McGhee
Pages: 595
Copyright: December 13, 2010
Price: $18.19 (eBook)
First volume of Poetry by Terry McGhee
A dark collection of poetry, full of personal fears, want, love and nightmares. These thoughts and poems spill out upon the pages like blood upon the field of battle. Eagerly awaiting the rains of rejuvenation.
Excerpt
All Hollows
Alone, surrounded by darkness. No witness, no alibi
Eyes shimmer in the night, then disappear and take flight
Over a river so quiet, you hardly know it’s there
Did you know this place is haunted on Devil’s night?
Kids unseen for three hundred years come here to play
Not so alone anymore, laughter stirs in the air
Did you hear that? Sounds like someone is starting to pray
A scream in the distant darkness, not one or two, but three
Your heart skips a beat, shudders then falls back into rhythm
Something pulls on your pant leg, just breathe
I child’s voice says, “hold my hand.”
Reach down into the night, and grab at air
Reach down further, and touch the sand.
A woman calls to you for help, from the water
Then footfalls on land so hard the vibrations you feel
“Oh please god no, that’s my daughter.”
That was your voice you just heard, now is it real?
Laughter from the darkness, a child whispers,
“Hey mister, I killed your little girl.”
Someone in the night cries and whimpers
The coldness rushes in like a wave in the ocean
Shaking now, torn between numbness and emotion
Out in the darkness you can see eyes everywhere
Pale blue, with a hint of silver, threateningly they stare
You’re going to die, but do you even care?
Like waves against rocks, your life’s been thrown
From past to present the silence you condoned
Has come to reclaim its one worthy throne
Amidst the river, the rocks and the sage
All alone in the darkness, unrelenting rage.
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