Nightfood

They only come at night
when your mind isn't looking.
They come at night
to bite at your guts.

And they will eat their fill
of your meaty soul,
with their smoky horns of silver
and their choking eyes of coal.

They will drag you backwards to
the pit.
They will drag you backwards to
the pit.

There is nothing that you can pray
as you paralyse in fright,
but you will forget in the day
forget in the light.

But they will return at night.
They only come at night.

© Mark Sheeky. Permission is required for reproduction.