One of those nights

Have you ever had one of those nights where everything scares you?

When you arrive home, not much later than you have in the past, but this time the distance from your car to the front door seems bigger than before?

The darkness engulfs your front yard.

When you left the house earlier on you strolled past the bushes, the corners, the nooks and crannies without a moments thought, but now they’re no longer just bushes, nooks, crannies, now they are places they might be hiding .

Tonight is one of those nights that you grab your keys and thread each one between each of your fingers and clench your fist- “If I have to hit them then I better do some damage”.

Have you ever had one of those nights where you can hear every single creak around the house? The wind becomes some unknown danger, a person creeping perhaps? A nefarious threat.

Have you ever had one of those nights where shadows take shape and sneak about? Following you closely.

One of those nights that run up your power bill, with every light on in the house?

Doors locked, then locked again. Then locked again just to be safe.

Tonight is one of those nights for me.

One of those nights where I wont sleep a wink Until these deadly shadows that keep stalking me are finally slayed by the morning’s light.