I see them lurking everywhere
These critters that my dreams do share
Beneath my bunk and in darkest corners
Black on black like mournful mourners
My imagination? My mind's deceit?
As smoky shadows toward the dark retreat
In closed closets, behind veiled drapes
In my periphery skulk these sinister shapes
Bent and broken and cruelly contort'd
These deform'd denizens dreadfully distort'd
Through the crevices and crooks they crawl
Like shapeless spiders up 'n down the walls
Hello? Anyone there? -at times I'd boldly ask
Courage now! Lest my fears unmask!
Come out! Show yourself! - I'd simply say
But my spiny shivers would not go away
These hellish horrors that my mind invade
Intent on fulfilling their unjust crusade
Feeding my emotions with fear and angst
Ye foolish fiends playing primitive pranks!
Now you might think it hard to believe
That my thort such phantoms cud conceive
But at times your own mind wud insist -
Despite everything - something's still amiss
😱😨🤒
©nomad
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