Poem: Are You Scared Yet?

Are You Scared Yet?

Someone’s coming for you, my dear,

As you hide under the covers

And tremble in fear.

Are those footsteps that you can hear?

Tell me, are you scared yet?

There’s something coming up the stairs,

So you close your eyes

And whisper your prayers.

It’s the thing that lives in your nightmares.

Listen – are you scared yet?

Is that door creaking or in your head?

You’re wide awake

As you lie in bed.

You cannot move; you feel like lead.

Come on, aren’t you scared yet?

A shadow is growing across the wall,

And you stare at it

As you watch it fall.

You hope to God that it’s nothing at all,

And He asks, “Are you scared yet?”

Something’s breathing beside the bed,

But you cannot see,

You’ve covered your head.

Still you know it’s there, because it said,

“Child, are you scared yet?”

©Lisamarie Lamb 2012