Afraid of the dark.

I peered under my cover,

Shone the torch on my feet.

The light made everything so much better.

But then there’d be a noise.

A scratch?

A creek?

A footstep?

Then more and more and more

Till I could hear large feet outside my door.

I’d hide under my covers, pretend I was fast asleep;

Yet I could still here the monster breath.

The door would open,

As its ominous presence looms.

Leaning over me.

I could feel my heart beating against the sheets.

I turned in horror to see only darkness,

Then a shadow of a familiar man.

His glaring eyes,

The only light I could see.

So I shone my torch to his face,

He jumped back but still he remained.

I knew this ‘monster’ very well

Too well that I’d be embarrassed to tell

Joined by blood, but what will remain?

I turned off my light and lay in the dark.

The monster got closer and closer.