Fear

It was a dark, starless night I saw a shape I was in fright It gasped oddly, I shuddered It moved and my bed stuttered. A soft thud it struck my head Blood stopped in my vein, dead It padded insolent through my spine Bobbed with the smell of fish and brine. It swished ,sound rasped my nerves In the vagueness dim I saw her curves Her eyes afire uttered a low scream Pulled the trigger of a sleepless dream. They never get caught When I drink they trot.