Ashes , Ashes

Ashes, Ashes, spilt along the floor ~

Ashes, Ashes, come and spill some more ~

Look where you step, or your’ll fall amongst the dead ~

Ashes, Ashes, spilt along the floor ~

Ashes, Ashes, you won’t be here no more ~

The lovely tune of the ghost sung along the hallway. Substances oozing from the ceiling and floorbaords. The hall twisted and darkned as the merry little tune bubbled in the ears of the victim. Louder and louder…

Bang!

Bang !

Bang!

Ashes, Ashes… louder and louder. It would not stop. The words on vinyl. They would not stop. The person covered their bleeding ears tightly around their hands. But no use. The sining seemed to get louder, as if the hands they used were amplifiers.

Soon, all they could see was a twisting stretch of hallway. All they could hear were sharp voices singing out to them. Beckoning them. They crumbled to the floor and dragged their body further in.

Little did they know, that if they just turned back, everything would grow quieter. And eventually, they would be free.

But out of their mind, they clambered on forward. Into the voices, into the shadows. And most definitely, into their death.

They could see little now. Their view fogged by mist. No. Not mist. Ashes. Burning their eyes, they relivied their hands from their ears and placed them on top of their eyes. They still tried to walk forward with their knees. But they staggered about,still, in the never ending hall. Their eyes red and inflamed. Irritated. They began to scratch violently. Their nails inbedding into their sockets. Drawing blood. They began to shout. From what, was unclear. The pain, the voices, the cold?

Soon enough, like many before them. They finally collapsed. Their face bloody, their eyes gone. And their ears, hanging on by a fleshy thread.

Ashes, Ashes,spilt along the floor ~

Ashes, Ashes, come and spill some more~

Look where you step, or you’ll fall amongst the dead ~

Ashes, Ashes, spilt along the floor ~

Ashes, Ashes, you won’t be here no more ~

I sang.

Finally. They stopped. And they flumped to the ground. They twitched for a moment. But they soon stopped. They all do. I walked towards the sad human and bent down beside them.

“Ashes.Ashes…” I whispered. The human began to shrink. Their skin, dissipating. The bones, breaking. The human reduced to nothing but ashes.

Hungry, I scooped up a handful and licked.

All they had to do, was walk the other way. I thought. Silly humans.

Ashes, Ashes, spilt along the floor ~

Ashes, Ashes, come and spill some more~

Look where you step, or you’ll fall amongst the dead~

Ashes, Ashes, spilt along the floor ~

Ashes. Ashes, you won’t be here no more ~