welcome to spooksville

blanket of fog
descends on earth
your vision is frozen
all around you hear
cackling of witches
grunting of werewolves
your body is frozen
frozen breath
of beings undead
flapping of wings
swish of cloak
of beings unseen
freeze your body
choke your scream
midnight hour
skulking real close
come along
lets take a trip
in the dead of night
to the land of dead
goblins and ghouls
eagerly await
to wish you
happy Halloween!
welcome to spooksville!

Sharmishtha basu
2.11.10

bride in shroud

she was a beautiful maid
full of beauty and gaiety
ready to bloom, to wed
a picture of beauty, frailty.

you stole her wedding gown
crushed her life under your feet
you wanted to seal her doom, her ruin
you changed her beautiful fate.

there was no fault of her
you wanted to destroy her
to avenge your wronged sister
wronged by the groom about to wed her.

she discarded the gown, picked up shroud
now you scream, you run, you try to hide
but wherever you go you hear her laughter loud
you are stalked by a shroud wrapped bride.

Sharmishtha basu
24.10.10