Below

I lay still to hear an unknown sound Below the creaking floorboard may as well been vibrations from my rebuttal to fear Again I hear a sound, then a creak My heart makes a sound back with a beat bigger than life A creek I hear again more vigorously My bed responses back with a more vigilant grating I can hear heavy breathing yet again could be my own breathing Just then I inhale a bad scent It leaves a bad taste in my mouth as warmth of whatever below gets daringly closer My mind starts playing tricks on me as I start imagining a troll A big ugly troll with long dirty claws The floorboard starts trembling like my teeth I don't even know what to do what do I do what can I do I grab my blanket and pull it over my head The cat jumps on me as I start giggling