CREATURES OF THE ID
Creatures from
Another race,
Obscenities
From outer space.
Creatures howling
In the mist,
Vulgarities
To crude to see;
Too sick for you
That crawl to me.
An eeriness
Engulfs the room,
Terror is stalking
Through the gloom;
Creatures lurking
Awaiting you,
You’re walking slowly
To your doom.
All the perversities
Of the night,
Are stalking you
Just out of sight;
Howling winds
The shutters scrape,
Doors that screech
As windows break.
Death adders hissing
At the night,
Striking in anger
Knowing no fright;
They help to lift
Off your inner mind’s lid,
To reveal monsters
Creatures from the Id.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About this poem
One of my earliest surviving poems.
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Written on 1974
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on September 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Characters | 631 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 8, 8, 8, 3 |
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