Spirit Of The Night
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James Dewing, Grade 11, Manjimup Senior High School
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Poetry
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2000
2nd in the 'Watch Out! 2000' competition
It may be dark but I still see
Ominous shadows unfold to me
Primal fear deceives my sight
Insidious eyes bring spectral fright
The shadows tease and trick my mind
I feel the anguish of the blind.
All around me ghostly figures loom
Scornful laughter in the gloom
I yield to my inevitable plight
I run away, my eyes shut tight.
Cowering in a corner, forlorn
Waiting for the sanctuary of dawn
To invoke forth empyrean light
And banish the spirit of the night.