The nightmare box
\nby cricketjeff on September 14, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\n[Posts%20by%20cricketjeff%203_files\/871c1fffa2070e0381284c947f248f40.jpg]<\/p>\n
Inside the box, I found a box, a box that had a key
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 A clockwork key to wind a music box
\nMy grandma’s box, her magic box, the box she left to me
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 Had summoned me to open up its locks
\nI turned the key, the clockwork key, the key that I had found
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And then I found the box began to play
\nThe tiny key, the magic key, the key that I turned round
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 At once turned round a face with words to say
\nI heard the words, the fateful words the words that cast the spell
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 The dreadful spell that now I must obey
\nSuch ancient words, my Grandma’s words, the words she sent from Hell
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And in a Hell I find I’m lost today
\nI have to dance, a devils dance, a dance that will not end
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 There is no end until I’m danced away
\nIt lets me rest, a fitful rest, a rest to fear my fate
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 The awful fate my Grandma’s spell has cast
\nI need each rest, such little rest, the rests I’ve come to hate
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 The spell of hate that came from Grandma’s past
\nA spark of hope, a final hope, the hope I have to hold
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 The only hold I have on sanity
\nThe last great hope, to end all hope, the hope I see as gold
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 The prize of gold that means I may get free
\nThe box runs down, its slowing down as down as I now feel
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 At last I feel the spell has run its course
\nI struggle down, my dreams cast down, so down it is not real
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 But it is real at last I’m freed from force
\nI take the box, the music box, the box that tried to kill
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 It tried to kill me with its dance of death
\nI lock the box, inside a box, a box of iron will
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 I know it will stay locked while I’ve the breath
\nAnd when I die, we all must die, the die I know is cast
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 The spell will cast upon some other one
\nWho’ll wish to die, I wished to die, to die you’re free at last
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 This curse will last until the world is done<\/p>\n
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\n Author notes
\nWell it isn’t a form as such, but you have to admit it is different!<\/p>\n
The brilliant artwork is from deviantart :- http:\/\/manips-of-
\nartist2.deviantart.com\/art\/THE-MACHINE-OF-DREAMS-97370735<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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