I couldn’t help feeling afraid but it was faster this way
Past the lake and rumoured haunted house ahead
Eerie silence broken by steps stopped me dead
Ears strained but were met by crooked trees twisted knots
I continued on, urgency willed my feet to a trot
Meaningless whispers evolved into a plethora of horror
I began to swallow that frog in my throat but a toad followed
Time seemed borrowed I saw dusk put his sun to sleep
Onwards along paths street I sweated from 'the creeps'
Past an oaks exposed feet..Thud!roots hands had grabbed my sole
I scrambled up shaken and cold stumbled on as light turned to coal
Sudden dark arose but I spotted a faint light further along
With nights shades on, vision diminished into the developing myst
As if the heavens had come adrift I waded thru grounded clouds midst
I rounded the paths twist and made out a houses silhouette,

Every shadow held a secret and wouldn’t let go
Leaves swirled like ghosts and whispered from winds throat
Smashed windows jagged souls told of serated pane
Trees boughed bare branches away rooted to evils spade

In a clearing of past regrets that light seemed to chill my breath
I was flooded with a feeling of unrest but I couldn’t leave
The shiver down my spine agreed my heart skipped a beat…or three
Even common sense tried to plead but the rare nonsense overcame it
Rendered blameless I sauntered towards the grey rundown place
Thru the grating gate I saw the light in the door…..illuminating a face!
I screamed but words failed to formulate the light moved so near
At first blinded it became clear…a young girl shrouded in a gown
Innocently smiling she danced around deathly pale without a sound
The candle in her hand burnt out and she motioned to follow
Her haunting eyes drowned in sorrow I was compelled to obey
Transfixed by her ways I trailed round to the garden of fate
Continued towards what appeared a grave I saw a mound of fresh earth
A blank tombstone emerged she pointed at the shovel which lurked
I reached down to the wet turf and grabbed it by the rusty handle
Standing back up i felt icy cold hands strangle my breathing scrambled
She faced me gown entangled her face smeared in bloody wounds
Hollowed eyes sockets loomed rottten flesh of doom
Her skin peeled back removed to expose blackened bones
She shrieked and groaned from a mouth still closed
'you shall die!' she sneered in demonic tones
I tried to pry her grasp but she merely laughed and grabbed tighter
She pushed I couldn’t fight her…..
I felt my body fall by gravities lawful force on loose dirt
I fell into a pit with wooden skirts …she appeared overhead like a curse
'Take my place in hell u bastard!' the lid shut and fastened
I scrabbled but life couldnt pass this, my body the victim of an empty casket

And I switched off the TV and began to write a story entitled 'Empty Casket'