Untitled Poem by Kaysen Fraker

The vampire in the alley
the monster under your bed
the shadow in your closet
the demon in your nightmares

The thought that shakes you at night
the form that haunts your dreams
violates your body
with a laugh that chills your soul

Your heart will race
your mind will scream
your soul will squirm
but your body won't move

Frozen in fear
staring at your nightmare
born into reality
RUN!

Running
from something that only you can see
everyone laughing as you run by
not knowing what's really chasing you

They will know
when you mangled body
found in the alley
is left with

No heart
no mind
and worst of all
no soul

So run
faster
harder
like nothing else matters

Cause if it catches you
nothing else will
it will all be over
nothing left but flesh and blood

Unable to love others
unable to think for yourself
and worse
emptiness