HiddEn............

have you ever stayed up through a night...
not because you weren't sleepy,
but because sleep deserted you
at the thought that "something" is there??

do you flick the bed-side lamp hastily
to be sure that the figure you saw in the dark
was just your imagination?

sometimes are you so scared
to look at the ceiling?
maybe you'd find something hanging there
on its four slimy limbs...
staring at you....

do the winds blow past you
and carry the shrieks of "someone"?

or sometimes do the hair at the back of your neck
rise, as if telling you...there IS someone!?!

ever thought if those barking dogs in the night
are fighting with each other, or
barking at "something" you can't see?

when you feel thirsty at night
and you open the kitchen door,
are you sure that it would be empty?
are you sure that a little hiss
won't make you turn around
and face something rather ugly??

are the empty places actually empty?

are you positive that there's nothing
lurking behind that car besides you?

sure that nobody sits by your bedside
and watches you sleep
while you can't know if it's there?

are those voices from somewhere
audible to all?
something is really not
tittering under your bed?

sure your feet
won't be clasped tight
by a cold lifeless hand while you sleep?

sure that something is not banging
on the front door?
what happens when you shut your eyes?
positive that your nightmare
won't come true when you open them?

that big tree by the roadside:
is it hiding something?
nothing would come down from it
and grab you hard?

listen... feel... see...
is it all normal in the night?

you don't feel the need to turn around
every time you walk on a lonely street?

is someone really not watching you?
are you really alone when you Think that you're alone?
would your sweat not trickle if its true?
Think....
what if its REALLY true???