The girl danced among the autumn leaves
Capturing the sprirt l of the sleepy afternoon sky
It’s soul mapped out like stars onto glossy snapshots
Vivid hues of violet and magenta all bled together like watercolors across a page
Dim emerging stars were waking from their slumber
All immortalized in a single photograph
The girl approached a brick wall
Forgotten and eroded with age
Smiling pitifully with rows upon rows of jagged teeth
The girl gazed dreamy-eyed at the bleeding orange moon
Her caramel hair spilling in the wind
A flicker of wonder sparked deep in her dewy brown eyes
She mingled with the twilight like a long lost friend
The girl perched herself on the wall
It’s decaying brick face crumbling like a stale pastry
Kissing her hands and knees with tiny indigo bruises
The girl tiptoed along the endless length of the wall
Her camera eagerly pulsated, craving to create something beautiful
It’s electronic warmth seething against her skin in the biting autumn chill
A menacing silhouette approaches
As silent and eerie as a shadow
A tiny beast stalking in the dark
The creature announced its presence
It daintily crossed its paws as it settled next to the girl
Her smile gapped between her rosy cheeks
The creature flicked its tail, unimpressed
The wall shuddered dangerously as the girl shifted her weight
The concrete slowly decomposed around her
Like a carcass left to rot
The girl prepared to shoot one last picture
The girl’s lifeless body collapsed among the fallen leaves
Her soft white skin painted with gore
She was nothing but a husk now
An empty vessel of torn flesh and cracked bones
The creature stalked towards her , pleased
Another soul another notch in its belt
The blackness of the polaroid started to fade
A horrifying creature with insidious black holes for eyes and razor blades for teeth displayed across its gleaming surface
The creature purred with delight
It has never looked so beautiful