I Know You're Awake

I hide in the dark
Again... I cry to myself.
'Please don't come tonight'.
I pull the blanket
Over my head and
Curl up into a tight ball.
I can feel the lump of
Fear in my throat,
My muscles tense up.
Something is going to happen.
My devil has arrived...
I close my eyes and pretend to
Be asleep..
I think 'where are you....?
I need you... I need you to calm me
Down like you did many times
A summer ago.. Please
Don't leave me here on my own.
Why can't you
Hear me?'
I can hear him breathe,
He is right there, at the foot
Of my bed... He
Laughs at my fear..
Why won't he just leave?
My mind speaks 'Don't let him know
You're awake.. Or else there will
Surely be blood spill tonight'
His footsteps walk around
To the side of
My bed, then stop...
There's a sharp painful
Noise that kills
My ears.
I try not to flinch,
For he may realize
I'm awake. My heart pounds
In my head..
He sits in the corner..
I let my eyes
Betray my thoughts.
I look, I see his bloodied writing
On my wall..
My grey eyes adjust
Enough to make out the words
'I know you're awake'
I shut my eyes, and let
A small cry out..
But barely had my cry
Have enough time to leave my lips
Before met the sound of his
Taunting laugh.
I cry, shake, and feel
Helpless.. He waits,
And times out his attack
For possession..
For my life blood to be spilt...
'I know you're awake,
And here I'll wait,
Til you're ready for your fate.'
He speaks in his own tongue..
I'm terrified for what
He has in mind tonight,
I'm terrified of what is to come..