A MOONLIGHT PALE

A SLUMBERING breeze blows  
beyond clambering hills  
And conjures a song  
So somber from trees  
 
Beneath  
 
Crystal silence sings  
a painful burning flesh  
and threads in dreams  
devouring numbing stings  
 
So stiff the twilight  
that constricts my throat  
I muffle a yawning cry  
from dawning fright  
 
The moon  
 
Lay pale in listless shroud  
and death is no wonder  
In varnished white clouds  
comes rumbless thunder  
 
N'ver a stretch in mind  
Oh, fiery blood, crackle bone  
Only limb, neck and hair  
Sharp fangs-- a soulless moan  
 
And you  
 
Forgive me, for I am cannibal  
so romantic and tragic is my tail  
Slaying both human and animal  
always b'neath a moonlight pale  
 
I am the shadow  
 
B'neath your footfalls  
and dark cold light within  
In tearless eyes of yellow  
My hunger screams for you  
 
In your dreams  
 
I come, nimble and serene  
Prancing first for smell  
toward scents you resemble  
and within your morbid dreams  
 
I will always scream for you  
 
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