Midnight Rider

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I ride upon dreams

Traveling into the unknown

Upon the darkness

Of the obsidian sky

In my lonely

Self-created midnight world

I eternally wander

Seeking my next capture

Finding you in the emptiness

Claiming your existence

Creating you anew

Into one of my own

Shaping the spirit

Within your very core

Into something foreign

Unrecognizable by your own being

Then I will lead you on

Coldness spreading from within

As your fear forms

Ever growing outward

Reeking of my scent

A distasteful aroma

Left clinging to you

Of my vigilant essence

I smile selfishly

As you claw upward

Digging your way to the light

Hoping only for the daybreak

Shimmering halo of nature

Birds calling you home

To the promise of this new tomorrow

Waking you from my nightmare world

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© Sheila Wenninger