Beast, Peculiar Phone Call, Bad Poetry, Joe Persch

The Strangest Night

By Joe Persch

I woke from a deep sleep

To the sound of the phone

I got up from my bed

With a loud, angry groan

I grabbed the receiver

Ready to yell

Because I hated to hear

That late night bell

I greeted the caller

My chest was heaving

All I got back

Was low, heavy breathing

It must be a sicko

I thought to myself

So I hung up the phone

And put it back on the shelf

I turned on my heel

And went back to the stair

Then it rang again

It was just so unfair

Once more did I grab

That object of my ire

The blasted old phone

Of it did I tire

I said, “Stop calling!”

And almost hung up

When I heard a low growl

As if from a pup

The growl did continue

And grow more in anger

And as it did I felt

I might be in danger

As I looked at the screen

My face was aghast

The call had come from

A love from the past

It was then that I knew

Something was wrong

She had been cold in the ground

For far too long

As I listened I heard

The long low growl

Turn into something worse,

A high pitched howl

The howl was one

Of pain and of rage

I stood still in fear

And unable to gauge

What would come next

As I shook in cold fear

The door burst open

The creature was near

I closed my eyes

My breathing did slow

I knew it was my time

I was not ready to go

In floated a figure

I knew from my dreams

Cloaked all in black

Followed by screams

The sound was a torture

As I knew the voice

It was hers, I was sure

I could not rejoice

Then she came in

The sound, it died down

Her face, it was pained

Her mouth was a frown

She reached for me slowly, 

Instinct kicked in

I stumbled back and fell

Then she started to grin

She laughed loud and long

Her voice full of mirth

I looked confused

As I sat on the earth

She looked down with a smile

And offered her hand

This time I took it

And she helped me to stand

“It’s definitely your time,”

She said with a wink,

“But I wanted to find out

What you would think”

“If I played one last prank

Before you moved on”

I let my head drop

My fear was all gone

I started to laugh

This was her way

She took my arm in hers

She’d not lead me astray

We walked through the door

The cloaked figure behind

We were together again

Now…and for all time.