The Midnight Walker

By Malcholm Dark

With a blackened soul and eyes of fire
He comes for you with wicked desire.
The things he does are quite insane
A hidden sword inside his cane.
It would seem our city is cursed
For only we can quench his thirst.
Innocent people here and there
Soon the bodies are everywhere!
--He stalks the night with endless sight
he stalks the night for you.
--We call this stalker, "the midnight walker"
so bid your life adieu. 

The midnight air echoes his name
Our body count reflects his fame.
We hide in fear and await the sun
He must be stopped or blood will run.
She is a run-away and braves the street
He steps from the darkness, their eyes now meet.
The time has come--kill madman, kill
Death on the rise, come get your fill!
--He stalks the night with endless sight
he stalks the night for you.
--We call this stalker, "the midnight walker"
so bid your life adieu.

The news story broke, "the walker is dead
During an attack--was shot through the head."
But before his demise the last victim, did die
Just a teenage prostitute.  Our hero, my ...my!
--He stalked the night with endless sight
He stalked the night for you.
--She killed the stalker, this young street walker
we can bid our fears adieu.



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Copyright 2010 Malcholm Dark
Published on Saturday, March 13, 2010.     Filed under: "Horror" and "Poetry"
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  • Killerdemonchick On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Killerdemonchick (54)By person wrote:

    I love this story its great and it flows so easily. Great write

  • A former member wrote: I could really relate to this poem. Its dark, but with a tinge of happyness. Keep up the amazing work!! :)

  • SummerCoat On Sunday, March 4, 2012, SummerCoat (29)By person wrote:

    very well done. the story flowed beautifully for me

  • A former member wrote: I thought this is brilliant, I love the story, the pace is perfect, the language is really imaginative, the endings of the stanzas are amazing. One of the best peoms I've ever read. Brilliant. XD

  • A former member wrote: I like this poem the rhyming made it more interesting for me :) great write!

  • Malcholm Dark On Monday, March 15, 2010, Malcholm Dark (810)By person wrote:

    Thanks M2ME. I do tend to write a lot of ripper-esk pieces. I wanted to use the girl as an opposite, yet not... Like dark to gray or black to brown... Two street walkers yet completely different... thanks again.

  • Musik2MyEyes On Sunday, March 14, 2010, Musik2MyEyes (193)By person wrote:

    Excellent tribute to the ripper. And I love the ending...a story so filled with horrid and fear...and yet the hero does not get the opportunity to fill in all the missing details as she herself died taking all the mystery with her. Would she even have been given the glory and respect deserved of removing such a demon? Probably not since her status in life was not such that the ones she protected from future harm would give her the time of day. And so the news ended as soon as it was released. I feel this was perfect...no editing needed. Tell me another story, Dark =)

  • lupus tenebrae On Saturday, March 13, 2010, lupus tenebrae (872)By person wrote:

    Amazing, this reminds me of Jack the Ripper for some reason, and how unlikely a hero lol. A brilliant write, thanks for sharing. Scholar

  • Malcholm Dark On Saturday, March 13, 2010, Malcholm Dark (810)By person wrote:

    Thanks PW, I always like your replies.

  • Narcissa On Saturday, March 13, 2010, Narcissa (404)By person wrote:

    I liked this piece...something dark foiled by the 'night'...yes I enjoyed this.

  • Malcholm Dark On Saturday, March 13, 2010, Malcholm Dark (810)By person wrote:

    Thank-you very much, I'm having flow problems with this piece, I need to re-work some things.

  • Narcissa On Sunday, March 14, 2010, Narcissa (404)By person wrote:

    There is always room for improvment/change and as someone said (sorry the name has slipped my mind right now) a poem is never finsihed...make sure to post it when you do.

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