Thrifty Words

Candy Claws

Thrifty Words Challenge #7: Haunting

Photo by Pierre Bamin on Unsplash

I’m scared I’ll never
hold a baby.
Smell their scent.
Hear their gurgles of joy.

I’m scared my
Marble eyes magnified
by glasses will
Terrify!

Children will shriek.

Mistaking my smile for
a ravening maw.

Mistaking my embrace for
Talons or Claws.

No cackles for me at the witching hour.

Hauntings: 50 Words — GO! by editor Jonica Bradley