It’s cold tonight, the moonlight’s cruel
while hoarfrost tingle stars are bright
in graveyard’s shadows lurk the ghouls
to maim and murder when time’s right.
So maiden dear, don’t be a fool;
the moonlight’s cruel, it’s cold tonight.
Inside with me, it’s safe my dear
I’ll lock the doors and hide the key
with me alone, forget your fears
my arms are strong you cannot flee
please do not scream, I’ll dry your tears
It’s safe my dear, inside with me.
Andy Warhol
Today Laura hosts dVerse MTB and we write sparrowlets. A form we have done before. Please visit and take part in the fun.
February 6, 2025
Björn Rudbergs writings 
oh what a dark and gothic Sparrowlet – that second verse was at first reassuring and then…
Exactly my intention… the most dangerous place it at home for most women.
That got dark quickly! I love how you use the form so cleverly to tune our senses equally to the comfort offered and then the harm threatened.
That is the effect I hoped for…
The scariest vampire films I’ve seen have always been in winter. You triggered a few goosebumps with this one.
Ah… and yet real men can be far scarier than the vampire…
Bjorn, how can you tell them apart?
Maybe you cannot.
Famous last words.
🧛🧛♂️🧛♀️🧛♀️
Hmm, okay, I think I prefer the bear!
The bear is a safer choice
When the real danger lurks inside the locked door…creepy sparrowlet, Bjorn!
All too common I fear
Sadly…
So dark and gothic, maybe your sparrowlet should be called a ravenlet, Björn! I love the creepy first person narrator, with his hypnotic tone. I especially like the ‘hoarfrost tingle stars’.
Ha— I think a thing like a vampire sparrow could exist.
Gothic indeed Björn – what a choice between the restless dead outside and the undead inside…
The undead is truly worse I think.
Your last two lines gave me chills! Fantastic poem, Bjorn!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
It wasn’t the cold that made me tingle, it was the second stanza of your beautifully constructed Sparrowlet.
Dun dun dun!
Oh my! This is dark and spine tingling! Love it.
he he
Nice write Björn – very inventive. Your rhyme scheme is slightly different to the prompt.
Darkly gothic I love it!