Beware, When The Shadows Call

The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years,

but one night, a candle burned in the window.

Even after all these years, no one dare mention his name,

or how eerily that flame again, began to glow.

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It wasn’t the first time that candle was burned,

they paid a steep price to be rid of his games.

But when dealing with the devil, and the trading of some souls,

the lives you knew, well, will never be the same.

They constructed a wall to keep the cabin out of sight,

to stop him luring victims to his lair.

Disappearing bodies, leaving nothing but their screams,

some sleeping bags, tennis shoes and strands of hair.

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But, like a scary story at a campfire late at night,

when dark cool, misty summer evenings arrive.

And the moon peeks through the clouds, like an eye up in the sky,

casting shadows, bringing it all back to life.

If you listen closely, you’ll hear whispering in the dark