Dreamcatcher

I heard you saw the Sandman slip his dust into my eyes, and that you thanked him for the deed before he left my side. I heard you caught the Boogieman while I was tucked in bed, and that you kept his fiendish friends from gath'ring round my head. I heard you saw my mother switch my tooth with something round: this quarter 'neath my pillow that I just this morning found. I heard you told the monster 'neath my bed it wasn't right-- to startle me, or any kid, so very late at night. I heard you captured all the fears that usually make me wake in tears by letting all the nightmares near then casting out your net. It's you who made them disappear; for that, I'm glad we met. I doubt that I could sleep at all without you watching from my wall.