{"id":50308,"date":"2011-07-08T19:27:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T23:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/50308\/darkness-cpc-friday-fling-writes-campfire\/"},"modified":"2011-07-08T19:27:31","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T23:27:31","slug":"darkness-cpc-friday-fling-writes-campfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/50308\/darkness-cpc-friday-fling-writes-campfire\/","title":{"rendered":"INTO THE DARKNESS — CPC “Friday Fling Writes Around the Campfire”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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INTO THE DARKNESS<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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I hear them even now<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

when the night is still,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

trailing off into the darkness<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

amid hushed whispers,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

muffled shudders<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

and muted gasps,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

the ghost stories<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

and scary tales we told<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

around the campfire<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

as the flames licked<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

the black of night,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

stories told<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

at precisely midnight<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

when the moon<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

had reached its peak<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

and traveled halfway<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

toward the dawn.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

And as the magic moonbeams<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

had us under their spell,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

the flames of the campfire<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

leaping into the night,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

their spits and crackles<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

punctuating the silence<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

and holding us in their grip,<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

to this day I remember<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

those stories that we shared<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

as they trailed off into night<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

with the smoky wisps<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

and fading embers<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

within the campfire’s glow.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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(c) barbara kausteklis 7-8-11<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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Written for CPC Friday Fling\/<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

“The Friday Fling Writes Around the Campfire.”<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

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Thanks always for your visits and comments.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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~barb~<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

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