Kavyanjali

I stand there dumbstruck Disarmed and helpless; He’s comeback again, Alive and sound from his grave Popped out of my nightmares. In those claustrophobic corners He’s creeping in silence. I could feel his dozen eyes goggling at me But I am afraid, I can’t speak his name. And there I see him, Terrifying and horribly misshaped; Crawling along the walls Advancing towards me- With a pace faster than my eyes could follow. It’s my scream he craves. Heart pounding and veins twitching, I slam my eyes seeing those pincers. But pulling up my courage at once I encounter the monster Dropping down on knees Intertwining my fingers, I plead “have mercy on me thou oddest of creatures I am begging you 'Never darken my walls again'. "