October Performance
written by: Angel Edwards
In nights lonely long vigil overtone
Through the dark, darkness is at home
The virgin moon offered no light
To shadows this October night
Wind ripped branches off trees
brittle as bones bereft of leaves
Stars the lonely source of light
dotted the skies this forlorn night
I heard an eerie cryptic chorus
Echoing from the gloomy forest
I pursued this haunting choir
Until my eyes beheld a fire
A bonfire lit the shadowy ground
Where 13 figures whirled around
Their feet seem to not touch the ground
I hid and watched and made no sound
The voice rose in a single desire
Crescendo to the prince of fire
Incense spiraled in smoky twists
Circle was drawn to call the prince
One of them beneath the mask of a green goat head
Held forth a silver vessel glowing blood red
The other 12 knelt and each took a swallow
My heart took flight but my feet would not follow
Transfixed I remain hidden fighting panic
Chilled to the soul by the dark magic
Then it last a fleeting glimpse of him
Grotesque by fire light the image fading
Then appearing exposed radiating in unholy heat
I saw a monstrous thing with black wings and goat feet
Goat Head saluted the midnight sky
scaly arms stretched on high
He invoked a concert loud and dismal
sky symphony summoning hell
Cacophony rang in chords demented
Lightning bolted rain torrented
Legions of demons claimed my sight
The world an insane ghoul’s delight
As bat winged imps with arrow tails
Adjoined the noise with hideous wails
Aright the coven posed in form
Aloft the motionless victim borne
Hell fire forged the sacrificial blade
On gelid stone poor martyr was laid
Malignant silence the goat head pounced
Relinquished will and her soul denounced
Horrified I begin to pray
But I could not tear my eyes away
A pit remained where the magic was cast
There was one figure there goat head unmasked
His eyes gouged jagged rays in to my mind
The pain overpowered me rendered me blind
“you are a part of this!” he cried
“You watched-that cannot be denied!”
Halloween 1994
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