Monsters In The Night

a piercing scream erupts
into the night,
fierce eyes peer from
the shadows,
watching,
waiting,
bare teeth ready for
the opportune moment.
small drops of sweat frame
a distraught countenance
as tears rain from weary eyes
filled with evident terror.
these few minutes draw on for
infinity.
in the great stillness,
awaiting for my hero to rescue
me,
deliver me from this demon
under my bed,
these monsters in the night,
only to just lay back and cry.