Shadow Gloom—A Halloween Poem

 

Shadow Gloom—A Halloween Poem

Written after working two days in a museum

By Pi Kielty, (posth.)

October 12, 2025

Dancing shadows, in the night

Dancing shadows, bringing fright

Dancing shadows, now in day,

Damn you Shadows! Stay away!

Dancing shadows, light and dark

Dancing shadows, leave no mark

Dancing shadows, close to me

All the shadows, I can see!

Dancing shadows, all the time

Dancing shadows, fill my mind

Dancing shadows, all around

Scary shadows, make no sound!

Dancing shadows, haunt this place

Dancing shadows, near my space

Dancing shadows, in this room?

Now my shadows, show my doom!