Midnight Approaching
written by: Rita B. Rose
Midnight belongs to the dead
‘ne’er roused no more
every weary bobbled head
forsaken in a ‘corpse drawer’
Half past the eleventh hour
they stir there is an unrest
a scraping strain of willpower
reviving the departed distressed
straight up it’s twelve-o-clock
timers clang all souls break through
at your door you hear a knock
a spirit’s presence you cannot eschew
as the departed force the living to unglue
Rita B. Rose is a published author, poet and playwright and is currently Long Island’s LGBTQ poet laureate. Her poems have been published in anthologies abroad and in the United States of America. Rita Rusty Rose is Long Island's 2024 Poet of the Year.
Latest posts by Rita B. Rose (see all)
- Midnight Approaching - November 2, 2024
- Cheating Death - November 1, 2023
- Delirium - March 2, 2022
