Which Horror? - Dustin Vado

Which horror
Stops the heart?

Pentagrams
Drawn in blood and cadavers,
Gallons of corn syrup
Bleeding from silver screens,
Clowns with 8 rows of teeth
Tempting children to play 
Hide and seek,
And spirits possessing 
A household to eat its tenants

Are merely a blindfold
To keep out true darkness.

No budget
Can break a glass jaw
Like sick family,
Vindictive government,
Or a power outage.

No love
Floats in black rivers,
Only hollow vessels
At the end of aging.

Trembling,
Nerves shot,
Awaiting the mortal scream
Knowing any breath 
Could be the last.