You Thought You Were Safe

Originally written for a contest on AllPoetry

You thought you were safe,
Thought the blanket and the hot chocolate
Would protect you from the monsters
That lurk in the night,
But you were wrong,
You were oh so wrong,
And now
Your worst fears
Wait at the door
Begging you to answer
Their desperate knocks.
Don’t you hear them?
They moan and they cry,
The plead for your help
And they “knock, knock, knock”
At the door.
From somewhere in the cold and dark night
You hear desperate screams,
Screams of a murder
That no man could commit,
The screams of a victim
Desperately searching for revenge.
But you try to ignore,
Pass it off
Telling yourself
It must only be the wind,
That it only the movie
The images flashing on the TV screen
That are playing with your mind
And making you paranoid.
But I assure you,
You’re wrong,
You are oh so wrong.
The moans and groans,
The desperate pleas for help,
And the screams of a murder
Long since committed
By an unimaginable beast,
They are all real,
And they are all waiting
Outside your front door.
You thought you were safe,
But you were wrong.