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Hallowed Halls
Moonlight
Waves crash hard upon the cliff
The cliff of the house
The place of those Hallowed Halls
Children sleep this night in it’s many rooms
A feeling of being watched taunting them
Wood creaks gently in a breeze
A warm glow seeping through the wood
Nights go by
Years
A restless spirit waifs about the halls
Of her hallowed home
Untouched by time she walks
In her home
Alone and quiet
Until this night
Serenity as they sleep
She watches, smiling at the children
Such joy they have brought her
She stands over a little girl
Memories of her childhood
A smell comes to her like a spirit
Beckoning her
Fear
Smoke waifs through the halls
Fire, here in her hallowed home
She is instantly there
And helpless
Flames lick the ceiling of the kitchen
The room below them
The children
The wood of the house cries out to her
Spirit meets it as she rages through the halls
Touching every bit of the wood
Calling to it
Life long ago thought lost
Gone from the depths of the forest
Erupts into her spirit
And she glows with a light not seen by human eyes
The fire grows
Spirit flies into a child’s room
Her little girl
She awakens at the light
And stares
Before the little girl stands the woman
Hair flowing in a spiritual wind
Dress clinging to her, flapping about
Knowing eyes
“Run, leave this house now!”
She jumps from bed and runs yelling down the hall
Unsure why, she yells of fire
Not of the ghost
People awaken
The blaze has grown
And the house is threatened
She watches as they all leave
Unable to fight the heat and smoke
Her house will die
And she with it
Spirit weeps
Aches
Aimlessly people mill about
Glow of the moon on them
Shouts
Hugs from parents
And she stands alone in the house
Wind picks up
Rages
A breeze breaks through the real world
To hers
She floats to a balcony and looks out to the sea
Waves far below
Too far
And the wind grows
Memories long gone come to her
A mighty wave reaches up the cliff
To her balcony
There before her eyes
Illuminated in the moonlight
The water stands still
And for the first time in over a hundred years
She sees Him
Arms spread wide he calls the sea to her
And the waves obey
With the force of an ancient love
Water comes forth from the sea
From him
It envelopes the house
Crashing into it
And rushes to the fire
Hissing and smoke pour out
And their eyes meet
Long ago lovers
He built his ship from their place
Deep in the woods
And set sail
Their hands had crafted it together
They would travel together
This man and his lover
To see the world
Then they came
To her forest
Their home
Trying to stop them
A bullet through her heart
Falling she grabbed an old oak
And died there
Enraged he had killed them all
And wept for days over her
He buried her then
In her trees
And left in his boat
To his sea he so dreamed of
To the crashing rocks
To his death
Years gone by
And new men came
They took the trees
And made this house
And with the trees came her spirit
He looked at her
A wet hand reached out
Taking it she pulled him from the waves
To her house
To her heart
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