Don'T Switch Off the Lights

Don’t switch off the lights Because I’m afraid of the boogieman I said please don’t switch off the lights I fear a dark monster with long tentacles With fiery big eyes I see him in my dreams A black mass disturbing my peace He chokes my dreams into nightmares Making my heart leap out of place Twisted images of lifeless forms Stretch out their skeletal arms They grab me at my waist And seal my lips with goo I’m trapped in a place between his world And my world of serenity Rigid I lie on a cold surface Like a corpse I’m pale white They drink my blood Like vampires in a thirst frenzy Who switched off the lights? Who came into my world and made it theirs? The blackness is all around me And hollow eyes penetrate my being I’m asphyxiated as his grim hands cover my nose And as my eyes roll back I ask Is this the end? Is this how I die? And not out of fear I smile and giggle I will accept my fate I’m just a simple being Trying to make the best of my journey Between birth and dead So I accept him as he tiptoes around the corner Hideous and inconspicuous Eyes glowing through the darkness Fingers like tiny serpents Hissing as they caress my body Into a lifeless state