Dark Nights Alone

Another high school poem

Tonight once again,

I'll be alone in bed.

Lying their awake,

thoughts running in my head.

Shadows crawl and creep through my room,

feeling like an unknown doom.

I pray that God will protect me at night,

and not let me stay awake in fright.

However, when your parents are gone and away,

the safe thought is hard to stay.

In a neighborhood where things aren't always that great,

makes me wonder if I'll not die by my fate.

The walls make creaking and popping noises, that create the illusion of footsteps on the floor,

I hide under the covers as I worry that they will walk through my door.

I try so hard to force myself to sleep,

but the fear of someone breaking in and I not hearing for my sleep is too deep.

The dark silence of the house sends chills up my spine,

I squeeze my pillow tight, as if it were to make things fine. 

Reviews

[Ian H Morrison]

wow this is brilliant had me a bit scared for a wwhile there written really well strong meter good imagery

[Bare trees]

This is a very scary poem. It incorporates such real-life concerns it permeates through the mind leaving the reader with a chill. At one time, my house was surrounded by trees. There were 3 houses on my block but we were closest to the woods. On certain nights, people would walk through them around three or four in the morning waking me up. Thankfully nothing ever happened but at that hour it's hard to go back to sleep with such nervousness going through the mind. Sorry to hear you had to go through that. Good but scary poem.