The Widow's Revenge

She crawls from the crypt where darkness festers,

Where the earth splits open and death molests her.

Once a woman, now a husk,

Reeking of rot and midnight's musk.

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The veil of night shrouds her face,

A corpse's smile in a twisted embrace.

Her skin hangs loose, stitched with decay,

And blackened blood drips down like clay.

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She walks where the living dare not tread,

Her laughter choking the silent dead.

When you feel her breath on your neck’s cold skin,

It’s already too late—the horror begins.

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She knows your sins, she knows your fears,

She whispers them all through bleeding ears.

The sound crawls inside, scratches the mind,

Until sanity frays and leaves you blind.

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In the dark she waits, her grin too wide,

Teeth like needles, and eyes open wide.

Her fingers are spindles that pierce and tear,

Threading your screams into night’s despair.

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When you see her, you’ll freeze in place,

Her skeletal hands pull at your face.

She digs through flesh with a shriek and a tear,

And buries her laughter in the marrow there.

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Her mouth splits open, a gaping maw,

A chasm of darkness where nothing thaws.

You’ll feel her tongue slither down your throat,

As she drinks your soul, leaving not a mote.

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The smell of damp earth fills the air,

While maggots crawl from your tangled hair.

She devours your cries, chews up your dread,

Feeding the hunger that woke the dead.

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And when you’re nothing, not flesh nor bone,

She’ll stitch your skin to make you her own.

A puppet of horror sewn to her side,

Another victim lost in the Widow's tide.

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She wears your face, she steals your voice,

Infecting the living without a choice.

She’ll find your friends, she’ll find your kin,

Wearing that rotting, familiar grin.

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No grave can hold her, no priest can pray,

The Widow’s curse won’t fade away.

Once she has tasted your flesh and breath,

You belong to her, in life and death.

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And as you’re swallowed by terror’s din,

Remember: it all starts with the Widow’s grin.