In the Dark of Night

In the dark of night after a rough day.

  A very strange thing happened to me.

The hair on the back of my neck stood up.

The skin there grew up tight.

  I wanted to scream and duck out of sight.

The wind was blowing so cold that night.

It went through you like a knife.

  There are no lights, just a shadow on the wall.

And the eerie only seemed to grow.

  If the floor would open up I would be first to go.

I could be swollowed up whole.

  Time only made me feel I was growing old.

Then I hear a creek on the floor.

  What did life have for me in store?

I am afraid, I feel my hair is turning white.

  Ever the sir in my chest will not move.

Do I breath out, or is it time to breath out?

My eyes are so squinted I can hardly see,OH My!

Now there are two blinking lights casting, red again and again.

  I lower the blankets a little bit more to see!

There is a light shining in the hall now!

  My body is still shaking at what has happened .

Oh! thestorm is over for the night.

  And the power  has beed restored again.

The clock is a blinking in the dark of my room.

  The light I must have left on in the hall.

The TV was on, the last thing I remember on a timer.

  How you van be disoriented in the night.

When we loose things we take for granted.

Trying to re-a just  can be a job.

5-05-2000