Shadows

Awoken with a start,

Dinosaurs just outside the window,

walking in the night and leaving shadows on the wall.

Fear in the gut, surrounding and crushing.

Terror and panic in control.

Scrambling out of bed,

pushing past the trapping rapes,

shadows everywhere.

Have to run

Have to run.

The door,

open!

I can escape…

A white gate bars my pass.

No! My chance!

How does it work?

Nothing, nothing, nothing.

It won’t open.

So I scream

and scream

and scream.

Momma’s next door,

Why won’t she wake up?

I have to hide,

The shadows will get me!