I lie still in bed
my sheets cold at night,
rolled around my body
a blanket tucked too tight.
Don't let it touch ground
or the monsters will drag me under;
Don't let it hang over
they'll climb up in my slumber.
A square of light illumined
from hallway lamps beyond,
my bedroom door is closed for now,
my birthday p.j.'s on.
I'm tired in a thousand ways
I know you're coming soon.
But when? For sure, I cannot tell.
No safety in my own room.
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Your shadow blocks the light
as my doorknob turns its way.
It clicks, it opens, my body is tense.
"God, please don't let it be today?"
Light flooding into my room
as you open wide the door.
I close my eyes so tight.
With each footstep creaks the floor.
You sit beside me softly now
you touch my face and hair.
Brushing bangs out of my eyes,
it's just my mother there.
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