Midnight Mistress

A Dark Dreamscapes Contest Poem

Twin moons enchant the night
lending the graveyard its only light.
Low she kneels by mausoleum door
pining love lost forever more.
Blanketing headstones, in the fog creeps
a suffocating presence that never sleeps
yet will go and hide as day brings light
to come out and haunt again each night.
Fog and woman, companions each darkened eve
as the fog envelopes her so she can grieve.
Night after night, she's driven to return
for only in darkness, will her truth she secern.

About this poem: ▶︎

a poetic story in 12 lines of unmetered couplets
Written for "Invalid Item"  October Round 47
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EDIT 10/4/21: The word "secern" has similar meaning to discern. As per the Merriam-Webster dictionary, "secern" is a transitive verb meaning
to discriminate in thought or DISTINGUISH