Alone Are You? Poem by Paul Mills

Did you think to look behind?
Before you started to drive
Thought you heard a whisper
May be alone when you arrive

Then as you were walking
That sudden surge of fright
Like someone was watching
Keeping you within sight

Strolling past the cemetery
Was it that someone said?
You’re next and call your name
Before you started running ahead

Did it all taste different somehow
Could there be anything more
And why does he keep sneering
Maybe he’s evening a score

Brush your teeth before retiring
After having so many treats
Tasteful mouth while sleeping
Aren’t bugs attracted to sweets?

All relaxed and sleeping sound
Then sudden awaken in the night
Is it he that was there before
It’s hard to tell in dim light