I saw something the other night
It was sitting in my chair.
Several feet away from the hearth,
I swore that there was nothing there.

A figure, like a body.
A person without a face.
A drawn expression of fear,
from out my heart did race.

I could not move when first sight was made.
I could not change my place.
There the figure sat, unmoved.
Terrifying my inner space.

Stephanie Konu aka Lillybochic, 2014.