That nightA Poem byI woke up with a jerk at night as if someone pushed me . It was so dark all around nothing I could see. I wondered if it was my wife ; who late into this night , decided to play a prank ; and enjoy my sudden fright . I could not feel her beside me as I reached out to touch her I called out to her softly got silence as an answer She must be hiding ; I thought , in the dark behind the door , that old favorite hiding spot ; was not unknown any more , for often in such playful hours of youthful loving spree , we had sought and caught each other ; intentionally , hiding in that spot so common while playing hide and seek , that even a child would never miss ; to give that place a peek . I kept on being very still ; and lay as if asleep , and decided to wait until ; her cool she could not keep . and when again she will tiptoe by my side to touch me I would jump and give a shout so suddenly that she would be the one to be scared out of her wits and I will be the one rolling in laughing fits . No one came , not the slightest sound , of soft feet on the floor . The clot of darkness remained still just beside the door. I had enough of waiting , she had carried it too far . I planned to get down from the bed , to start looking for her . Hardly a step I took when on came the light I heard her scream from behind me then in horror and terrible fright . I smiled at her new scare tactic , and turned around to face her , and put out the lights again , and lovingly embrace her , but then I stopped ; for as I followed ; her eyes fixed on the bed , just beside her ; I was there , I was lying dead !!
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