AFRAID OF THE
DARK
HAVE
YOU EVER BEEN AFRAID OF THE DARK?
WHEN
YOU'RE ALL ALONE AND HEAR A DOG BARK.
THE
NOISES THAT START PLAYING WITH YOUR MIND.
YOU
HEAR SOMETHING AT A WINDOW, AND WONDER WHO YOU'LL FIND.
YOU
JUST KNOW SOMEONE IS LURKING OUT THERE
WAITING
TO CATCH YOU UNAWARE.
THEN
THINGS REALLY START HAPPENING IN YOUR HEAD.
ALL
YOU KNOW IS THAT YOU'RE FILLED WITH DREAD.
NO
MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO BE BRAVE,
YOUR
MIND JUST DOESN'T WANT TO BEHAVE.
IT
REALLY HAS RUN AWAY WITH ITSELF.
AS
YOU GRAB A FLASHLIGHT FROM THE SHELF.
THEN
YOU DECIDE MAYBE YOU'LL JUST GO TO BED.
WHEN
YOU'RE ASLEEP THE SCARED FEELINGS WILL LEAVE YOUR HEAD.
THEN
FINALLY SOMEONE GETS BACK HOME
AND
YOU HAVE SOMEONE THERE, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
YOU
BEGIN TO FEEL PRETTY SILLY
AT
HOW YOU RAN AROUND WILLY-NILLY
LOCKING
DOORS AND TURNING ON LIGHTS.
I
SURE WON'T TELL ANYONE HOW I GAVE MYSELF SUCH A FRIGHT.
By
Janet Matrisch
