Thursday, April 21, 2016

Poem: Alone in an Empty House

She finds herself alone in an empty house
As darkness settles in outside
She is no longer a child
Yet every noise she hears in the silent night
Fills her with anxiety and fear
Unable to fall asleep
She tightly hugs her plush dog and cries
Trying not to let screams escape her
There is no ghost or monster to be found
But there might as well be
Because she doesn’t feel safe inside these walls
And worries that her story
May not have a happy ending

Written April 21, 2016

© 2016 by Lena Kovadlo. Use with permission only.

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