Terrible Nightmare

March 10, 2020

I hear you creeping through the night spindly fingers reaching closer whispering in my ear reminding me why I should be afraid

If I look round, you're not there But I can feel you in the prickles on my neck You're in the goosebumps on my arms You step to the beating of my heart

The light chases you away, but I can't always find the switch Even when I open my eyes you're still waiting for me

You live in the corner of the room the one with cobwebs where the light doesn't go In the shadow that nothing casts And the scraping in a forgotten room

I can't run away from you You're everywhere I go Always right behind me Breathing down my neck

You don't yell, you don't speak Your voice is only a whisper That's all it needs to be To make me afraid of you

#Poetry #Anxiety #Fear #DualPoem