Danger Incognito

A faceless ghost, 

A cheerless host,

A shadowless stalker,

A soundless walker.

In twilight shrouded.

Midnight prey confounded.

In the dead light surrounded.

Mimics the dark

Using gimmicks and art

And tricks that surpass

Instinctual street smarts.

A will harder than steel;

A presence you feel

By a sense that reveals

What absence would conceal

With pretense and false appeal.

But then, that's the deal.

This you now know.

Be careful what you sow,

So things don't start to grow

That you'll wish were not so

In the long years to follow,

While trying to swallow
Pills for the sorrow
Corroding the marrow
Of bones left dry and hollow.