As i walk by,
The tapestry of my grandmother speaks to me.
It seems odd, i know.
By there's whispered voices in the air.
This is ancient
And has many stories to tell.
But it looks as if it could take you,
I sense that it has life.
Although it is only a wall hanging,
I sense it draws from people.
The tapestry on the wall feeds off from....
Human emotions.
I need to take it down
to put it up in the attic.
So no one sees it again.
So no one can feel the hauntedness that comes from this thing.
And as i walk on this haunted hallway,
With the tapestry on the wall.
I can feel the life force following me,
Not allowing me to do as planned.
To take that which has always been,
And change it.
Author notes
(tapestries in the hallway)
A contest entry
- tapestries in the hallway: a few prompts to pick by DancingRed.
300 points, ended August 6, 2007, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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I like this; it has a beautiful chilling feel to it. It's a bit longer than I was looking for in the contest, but never minding that I think you drew on the prompt stunningly. The emotions are expressed very well.
One thing that bothers me a bit is the line "feeds off from" -- I think it would work better with either 'off' or 'from', not both.
Thanks for entering.
DancingRed.
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graet poem.i love how it it just draws you in
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Great write, gave me an erie feeling as I read!
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