The Blanket

Happy Halloween everyone!

The blanket

I found it in the attic
In a dusty old chest
It whispered, come closer
Come get some rest

I made it to the bedroom
As slumber took my eyes
The blanket in a corner dark
Stifling long-lost cries

I heard them in my dreams
A young girl’s shallow wailing
I felt his hands around her throat
Under twilight slowly fading

I awoke to it upon my bed
Heaped, crumpled & creased
Like a weary old face
Of something long-since deceased

It’s only a blanket
To myself, I kept saying
But, under my breath
I found myself praying

I tried to get up
But my body lay still
Every limb brushed
With icy fingers of chill

It began to unfurl
Creeping up to my throat
As muscle and flesh
Began to stiffen and bloat

I could no longer breathe
As it crept to my face
Cold pennies on eyes
For death’s sweet embrace

I awake bleary eyed
In a room not of mine
Where flickering shadows
Dance not of my time

At a table sits a girl
The blanket keeps her warm
Opposite, sipping whiskey
The beast in human form

The atmosphere lies heavy
With stale sweat and ale
As I try to look beyond
This enigmatic veil

I now know what I must do
In this place of long ago
And, I pray this vengeful shroud
Will, one day, let me go