A girl lay on her mattress dreaming<\/p>\n
a dream first sweet then vicious-seeming<\/p>\n
subconscious visions softly screaming<\/p>\n
teeming with the ghosts of yesteryear<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
when woke she with a startled shiver<\/p>\n
each cheek the bed of briny river gleaming<\/p>\n
streaming with the tears of childish fears<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Alight did she on wooden floorboards<\/p>\n
creaking as she tiptoed forwards<\/p>\n
sneaking past the door and onwards<\/p>\n
down the hall in stocking feet<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A shady figure always keeping<\/p>\n
clear\u00a0of where her eyes were peeping<\/p>\n
went behind her in the shadows creeping<\/p>\n
down the hall on stalking feet<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
For the window made she fumbling<\/p>\n
stumbling as she reached out<\/p>\n
thumbing heavy drapes<\/p>\n
that hid the night<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
when suddenly she heard a rumbling<\/p>\n
as if some beastly stomach grumbling<\/p>\n
and nearly tumbling turned she<\/p>\n
towards the creature hid from sight<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A shudder took her<\/p>\n
nearly shook her to collapsing<\/p>\n
sure she was that claws would hook her<\/p>\n
rasping fast through darkness<\/p>\n
grasping as they preyed<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Casting out into the masking shadows<\/p>\n
now to be forever lasting and crashing<\/p>\n
to the floor she threw her hands together clasping<\/p>\n
gasping as she prayed<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The curtains she had sought were dropped<\/p>\n
with haste, at once forgot<\/p>\n
yet somehow they had caught upon her wrist<\/p>\n
and with a movement pulled into her fist<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A\u00a0twist, and through the window\u2019s pane<\/p>\n
the moon before its wane did cast a silvered plane<\/p>\n
upon the floor<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Before her shrunk the hidden horror<\/p>\n
outside the beaming boundaries\u00a0of the light<\/p>\n
around the girl<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
but sensed she in the blackness watching<\/p>\n
the crouching creature still there slouching<\/p>\n
while behind her fast encroaching<\/p>\n
\u2018cross the lunar face a looming cloud<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Fast the hallowed halo now retreating<\/p>\n
lifted she again her hands entreating<\/p>\n
in the dark that followed<\/p>\n
as the moon was slowly swallowed by the shroud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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