Shiny Happy Monsters

I thought I found a safe place

Where I could be me

And sachet among the lilies of the field unnoticed

In my lace plumb waist coat 

With rose cravat

But my heart was a fool again

I am a vampire after all

My fashion sense and refined sense of decor

Bring a stare in the evening dark

As does that solitary light in the abandoned church

At twelve o'clock

My shadow frightens little children and adults alike

There are the blood curdling screams

Hurt feelings and a sense of dread

That come calling with my presence in the neighborhood

Rivers of blood proclaim my reign of terror

As graves open and yawn up their dead

To walk the Earth again in search of blood

Predator becomes prey as victims scream with fright

At the figure tapping at the window

After awakened from a dream of love

Dancing with spectral seduction in their sleep

Eroticism creeps in bland lives

While gloom breeds resistance 

And a lover's kiss is all the distraction it takes

To bring home destruction 

Upon the eternal promise of Evil

Salvation undone

If only for a night or two

Until the next resurrection.