Alone

by Leann Arndt

What is that noise?
 Is it a footfall?
 No,it can't be.
 That's silly.
 I'm alone.

What's that?
 Is that my breathing?
 Do I breathe that loud?
 I must.
 After all,I'm alone.

Why am I shivering?
 There must be a draft.
 That's it.
 It's a draft.
 It is winter.

Wait,is someone calling me?
 Whose voice is that?
 It must be the neighbors since,
 I'm alone.

There it is again.
 I swear that someone
 is calling my name.
 Can't be that.
 I have to shrug it off;
 since I'm alone.

I feel a tickle on my shoulder.
 Is it a spider, a roach?
 It can't be a hand.
 After all,I'm alone.

Help me!
 I feel a tearing pain
 in my throat!

Why is it dark?
 I don't need to be afraid.
 I'll put on the lights.
 It shouldn't matter that
 I'm alone.

Where are the lights?
 Why can't I move?
 What is this box?
 It can't be what it seems.
 It is!
 I'm alone.