Thursday, June 18, 2020

THE DEAD BY THE SEA


THE DEAD BY THE SEA
Come with me to the pool by the sea.
Oasis is the best place to be.
Relax by the pool or sit by the bar.
Tourists visit this place from near and far.
The sky turns cloudy and dark.
I see shadows by the park.
What’s that standing...

THE DEAD BY THE SEA
Come with me to the pool by the sea.
Oasis is the best place to be.
Relax by the pool or sit by the bar.
Tourists visit this place from near and far.
The sky turns cloudy and dark.
I see shadows by the park.
What’s that standing behind you?
It’s not one shadow but two.
Shadows come ashore.
I won’t wait for more.
Our destiny seems to be in this book.
I’m leaving now without a second look.
THE DEAD GAME by Susanne Leist

LIGHT MY FIRE



Sunsetting Waves

He lights my fire
to take me higher.
The town’s on fire,
set by the sire.
He comes tonight
for the big fight.
He comes for me
from the dark sea.
PREY FOR THE DEAD

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

THE CHESHIRE CAT



Come and join my tea party. Others will be appearing soon. Don’t be afraid to drink the tea. It isn’t poisoned. I promise! What? You don’t trust the Cheshire Cat. I wouldn’t either. Meow!
 
TEA PARTY
Join my tea party.
Don’t be afraid to drink the tea.
It isn’t poisoned.
I promise.
Don’t you trust the Cheshire Cat?
I wouldn’t either.
Meow.

Monday, June 8, 2020

ALONE IN THE DARK





Source: slobbering 


Who sits and waits in the darkness?
There is no movement in the blackness.
As still as a fox waiting to pounce,
No hint of a ruffle or a flounce.

A soft sigh can be heard in the air.
Are those slithering snakes in her hair?
Shadows shift through the circling dust
As the walls trickle with blood or rust.

The ghostly form stands tall to meet us.
She can be the hostess to greet us.
A deserted house this seems to be.
She hovers over us like a tree.

We stand alone in this bleak hall.
There won’t be dancing at this ball.
This was a silly lark.
Then the candles go dark.

Time to leave this creepy place.
We must quicken our snail’s pace.
But since this is a horror story,
We will not be leaving with glory.

IT IS HERE




Wave Breaking Beneath the Pier, Folly Beach, SC
© Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved
How can it be here,
my ultimate fear?
A force to be reckoned,
Growing by the second.
Thrashing waves at the shore,
I can’t take it anymore.
My dying wish can’t be
to be consumed by the sea.

Sunday, June 7, 2020

BOOK 3 COMING SOON


1 Who is watching?

Trapped in a metal tomb
as they wait for their doom.
Clarissa is the computer’s name,
who seeks to destroy them with its game.
THE DEAD GAME SERIES
Book 3 released soon.

Monday, June 1, 2020

Monday, May 25, 2020

A RED GLOW


red glow
Alexander Calder, Sumac V. 1953.

A glow in the night
will lead me astray
from the moon’s light
to where I can’t say.

Bloody prints mark the way
to a small town on the shore.
At the end of the day,
we are at the devil’s door.

Time has no meaning or reason.
You can travel forward or back.
Death will follow with each season.
It is past time for me to pack.

THE DEAD GAME by Susanne Leist