This blackness is all consuming,
bouncing and waving its way
across my wall
(not even the night light
can save me now).
I sit in awe as it grows larger,
creeping up my bed frame, dragging
claws against the wood
(it’s eating my room alive).
However,
I do not dare stop the beast,
the creature that comes
from the abyss.
No,
instead I find myself
getting swallowed whole
past the edges of my vision
and under the bed.