Stanzas: Monthly Chapbooks August 2015 (Collaboration) | Page 21

Two
Emer Hayes
There is a great and terrible beast
lurking in the dark
outside my window.
I can see it in sharp bursts
of light lost in the night
And a shadow creature lies
under the bed - waiting,
for me to fall asleep.
It will rise with the moon.
But I am protected
in a safety net
of quilt and linen sheets.

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