Retribution

Peacefully she sleeps 

within a cocoon 

awaiting a glorious 

re-entry, 

then suddenly awakened 

by monstrous tentacles 

bursting thin membrane, 

releasing the grotesque, 

desiring green blood 

of every creepy thing 

she abhorred so long ago 

in another form 

upon smooth legs 

strutting her stuff 

but now 

on hairy spikes 

she scurries across 

a alien terrain, 

jaws ever working, 

devouring her mates  

soon to be forgotten 

if ever acknowledged 

at all,,, 

Demon Rising

twisting and turning 

as illusions unwind, 

invasion is quick 

consuming the mind, 

fingers to claws 

gripping too tight, 

teeth seeking flesh 

to rip and bite, 

revealing a sign 

of the rising within, 

an apparition of sorts, 

a subtle blend 

between what's real 

and barely unseen, 

in like a storm, 

out like steam, 

scorching then cool, 

rising as it falls, 

power is felt 

the engine stalls, 

repetitions sing 

through partial thought, 

demanding understanding, 

scaring away what it sought, 

pleading then denying, 

smiling then despair, 

greedily devouring 

its pretense to share 

with a pleading host, 

begging let go, 

never realizing 

it rises from her soul,,, 

by Dave Holloway  1998