Can you hear it?
Crashing through the undergrowth,
Hear those autumn shrubs crunch.
Can you smell it?
Like a damp dog after rainfall,
Can you see it,
Maybe you can,
Maybe you can't,
Through the Venetian blinds,
a tiny gap.
The crack of fiddling with the blinds disturbs you,
Your are blinded by fear,
you don't want to see it,
the catatonic creature,
Hunched and gnarled.
You're sat on the knife edge of fear,
So scared.
Tap,tap, the door knocks,
More scared than before,
It's a frightened sort of a knock,
Somehow,
you're worried about the being,
the knocker who's frightened,
the one stuck outside in the lair of the beast.
You are kind,
you hope to God he doesn't notice you.
Your open the door as quietly as you can.
"Trick or treat" scream the callers,
bags full of candy,
Jack'o'Lanterns in hand.
Anybody seen Johnny?
(C) Livvi