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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Waterloo chapter.

Run and play little one

In the pitch dark of the night

Jump on the swings

As they push themselves

 

Play tag by the trees

And ignore the creaks

And the whistles of the leaves

As they make a path

Leading you into the woods

 

Run down the path little one

To the little house

Where she lives

Deep in the forest

Where she plays

With her pots and her pans

Mixes her potions

And sings incantations

 

Near the graveyard where he lies

In a coffin in the ground

Go and wake him up little one

He won’t bite

But his teeth are quite sharp

Like the nails on his hand

Don’t touch his hands, little one

As he tell you tales

Of his seven brides

Don’t let him ask you to be his eighth

 

Just jump and run to that house, little one

With stained windows

And soggy floor boards.

Do you hear that?

Laughter from the room in the left wing

Weren’t you told not to go there

Don’t fall on stairs, they’re cracked

Or you fall, and fall, and fall

And maybe they’ll catch you

Or you’ll fall right through them

 

The moon is full tonight, little one

And howls cry through the night

Dark magic fills the air

And they rise through the ground

You wanna run around, and play

But don’t let them catch you,

Little one.

Hi, I like Starbucks, my laptop and fantastical imagery. Other than that, I am in my 1B term of Health Studies at the University of Waterloo. Stick around to check out some of my poetry :)
I enjoy naps, cake and sarcasm. Besides that I'm in Honours Science at the University of Waterloo!