Behind Wrought Iron Bars

The whipping wind rips
through broken glass
set behind wrought iron bars
rust creeps along the surface with
ill effects


cast in black with ornate designs
gothic
victorian
art
decorations with the
purpose of protection


shadows dance in pale moonlight
behind wrought iron bars
upon creaking floors
covered in dust


ancient cobwebs remain
undisturbed
flexing in the
whipping wind
a jovial show of
flexibility and
strength


the dead are dead and
the damned are damned
their souls trapped
and doomed
life after death
death after life


structures of marble
stained with ash
where fires once
smoldered
now empty and
lifeless


the world is dead
behind wrought iron bars
where life is damned and
the dead are alive


the creaking hinge of
a broken door
screams into the darkness
as the wind penetrates
the silence


dust rises and
settles
suffocating
every surface
like a layer of
dead skin


a dreadfully
beautiful landscape
of blackened winter
set within the walls of a
crumbling structure


life exists outside
death lives within
shadows rule the halls


the whipping wind rips
through broken glass
set behind wrought iron bars
protecting the restless dead