I see the lights
Violently carving
The night
In half
They traipse through
The thickets of the forest
What they seek
No mortal can know
The spirits are cowards
A mortal’s curse
Causing them to flee
They delight in
Leading those astray
The swamps of
Their home are
A graveyard
For their victims
The drowned
They wait
Raging against the mortals
That they once were
I sit and silently
Observe
The rainbow flickers
The passing of spirits
The Silew-silew
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Written by Karl Gaverza
Copyright © Karl Gaverza
Inspired by the Silew-silew description in Philippine Demonological Legends and their Cultural Bearings, Maximo Ramos, 1990, Phoenix Publishing
Illustration by Miggy Montemayor used with permission from Rob Martin of Pine Box Entertainment and Secret Garden Games
