I Used To Visit Riversleigh

by a.m. moscoso

I used to visit Riversleigh

 when it rained and the Shadows crawled down from the trees

for me

and together we would travel with my pens and journals and thoughts

to the Dark House.

When I came back I would hide from Riversleigh

and

for a little while it would leave me alone

but then

Riversleigh would start to whisper to me

over the quiet that comes up from my basement, from under my bed, from the cemetery near my house

” Anita, when are you coming back “

 And I would light some candles, or say some prayers and wish I wasn’t alone

when Riversleigh Calls To Me

to come back

to her

in the dark and with the Shadows

to haunt it’s Dark Halls

again

alone.