Silent African Night

gaby7 on Oct 31, 2011

I feel the silence of the African night all the time-it makes me weak,terrified and vulnerable.

I lay awake in the silent African night

Only my heart beating within me

Darkness so heavy and consuming

That I am tempted to hold onto someone

But friends never show up in the silent nights

Only ancestral ghosts like to lurk in the dark

Trying to make their unwanted visitations

Into the dark and silent world of

Men already frightened by the lonely

Silence of the African Night

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Comments (5)

Tulan on Oct 31, 2011
Scary, A good Halloween poem.
Tiki33 on Oct 31, 2011
Very creative! Thanks for sharing!
Eunice Tan on Nov 1, 2011
A good poem, Gaby
Rosettaartist1 on Nov 1, 2011
Well written. KKK image is disturbing.
Christine Ramsay on Nov 1, 2011
African nights seem to be so much less calming to the soul than nights many of us have.

Hi there!