Graffito on a wall in Poeinari castle in Wallachia; believed to be in the handwriting of Anna Lund of Helsingfors, vampire hunter, daughter of Professor Jakob Lund of Helsingfors, and also thought by some to be the mother of Abraham van Helsing of Leyden. Anna Lund’s obsessive hunt for surviving members of the Order of the Dragon, led her to equate the legendary Dracula with the Wallachian warrior-hero Vlad Țepeş; many of her contemporaries therefore doubted her sanity, citing this doggerel as evidence. Translated from German.
Drip by drip
and drop by drop
the seconds pass
till time shall stop
Chime by chime
and tick by tock
the sound of this
worm-eaten clock
Boyar, she is coming, your enemy!
Boyar, do you hear?
Step by step
and pace by pace
what terror makes
my heartbeat race?
Phantoms flit
of Jew and Turk
and Christian men
– unholy work!
Boyar, I am coming, your enemy!
Boyar, do you hear?
On and on
against all hope
the dark – the dank
this downward slope
Grip – oh grip
my wooden lance
Impaler should
I fear your glance?
Boyar, I am closer, your enemy!
Boyar, do you fear?
Shade by shade
and shape by shape
the mists that swirl
the graves that gape
Chill tests chill
and heat tries heat
the eyes that hold
the wings that beat
Boyar, here before you, your enemy!
Boyar, do you fear?
Steep descent
and midnight bell
the door flung wide
– the mouth of hell!
Drip by drip
and drop by drop
the seconds pass
till time shall stop…
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No siree, this isa temp and flow of a poet who has her muse with her and strong. I so wanted to yell 'RUN' lol 
