What is that sound?
Where is it coming from?
Silence.
Then not.
Creaking old houses
Crying out for attention.
Out of bed
Quick peek under then back.
Safe?
Did I check the wardrobe?
Out of bed.
Quick kick into the blankets
In the bottom of the wardrobe.
Safe?
God bless Mum, Dad and all my brothers and sisters.
This tired house knows it scares me,
It knows my fear.
Will I ever be safe?
Wood, paper, polystyrene. Combustible.
I will scare the house.
Quid pro quo
Strike the match to warm the fear.
No more house, no more fear.
Safe.
God bless Mum, Dad and all my brothers and sisters.