Colloquial Terror

March 31st, 2022

Colloquial terror is in the name.

What was the error of your ways? Trying the father of the familiar particular errors.

What was the monster in your psyche? What was the typhoid in your fever? What was the nightmare in your mind?

There are waves in the water. Waves in the water. Waves in the water. Ripples in the stream. Ripples on the surface. Something is rising from beneath the waves. Something rising from the depths. Something is rising, water streaming down its undulating tentacles. Something is rising from the sea.

Tides surging across the ground. Bulging eyes from the surface. Insectoid carapace. Qualifications. Terror in the tides. Terror in the tides. Terror in the tides. Terror in the tides.

Favor of the forsaken. Favor of the forsaken. Where did they come from? Why are they here with me? You have seen the spirits. They are passing through the walls. Do you see the hands? The hands grasping at your face? The hands seeping through your flesh?

Eyes stained blue. Eyes stained blue. Eyes stained blue. The deep hood of a coat. Dark blue eyes visible in the shadow. Shadow fills the hood. The deep hood of the coat. Blue eyes in the darkness. Eyes of the ocean. Eyes of the ocean. The abyss is rising from the bottom of the depths.

Where are they coming from? Where are they coming from? The hairless humanoids. Pink and soft. Scaly skin? Are you a dragon? That’s not the hypothesis. The favor of the fallen. Dragon. Candles of the flame. Candles of the flame. Cloak of heightened emotion.

Shelter in the underground. Shelter in the underground. Caves in the making. Caves in the making. Mouths agape, protruding from your neck. What are they doing? What are they doing? Screaming your name. Screaming your name. Why are they screaming your name? What is your name that you think they scream?

Wake up. Wake up. It’s so often that we dream. Wake up. Wake up. Why do you die? Why do you sleep? Stay awake. Stay awake. Do you know what happens when you dream? You must not connect to the other plane. You must not enter the other world. Be careful what you do. Be careful when you dream.

Judge the trials of the deep. The water consumes the trees. The rocks fall below the sea. The critters, the crawlers, the birds, and the character of tile. Tile of the floor. What do the cats say about me? Wondrous file of the mill name.

Red ginger face. Red ginger face. Red ginger face. The embarrassment of the fall. The height of the cliff. The windmill sways in the wind. The windmill in the wind. Charge. Charge. Qualifications. Musical telephone. You can run from the tree.

Bypass the door. Cross the perimeter. Perimeter. Knowledge in the face. Knowledge in the face. I can tear the mark of the name. Carry my name. Carry my name. Carry my name. Carry my name. What would you do? What would you do?

Treasure chest? Storage chest? Locked chest. Trapped chest. Boxes on the horizon. What lies inside?

Character growth. Character growth. Character growth. Where did you go? Where did you go?

Fall of the face. Fall of the face. My name. Turn of phrase. Turn of phrase. Turn of phrase.  Skeletons in the closet. Skeletons in the closet. Secrets are never safe. Secrets are never safe.

Bypass the face of the sphere. The eyes bulging from the cloud. Garish color scheme. Tell the day. Tell the day. Box the day. Store the day. Store it in the jar. Store it in the jar. Dragons in the face. Majic? Magic? Aerophase.

Teller at the bank. The bank full of souls.