Fear the Night

Darkness steals the day’s fading sunlight as the moon opens his bright eye above. Stars begin to spray the ebony night that grips the still earth like a glove. Streetlight burns through curtained window casting shadows along my painted wall. Exhausted eyes commence to grow but laggard body tends to stall. Body at last yields to cool sheets as exhausted mind transcends overhead. Eventually vigor within depletes feeling as though I’m living... dead. Springs beneath start to creek and move as strong weight engulfs a motionless stiff. Core sinks deep into mattress groove as eyes search for something to biff. Time lapses; frozen body fights to free resisting an opposing force unknown. Managed to scream let me be, let me be before drifting off to sleep on my own. 6/2/13 Copyright © 2013 By Caryl S. Muzzey