A Corpse in the Wind

Don't Forget to Lock Your Doors

Don't forget to lock your doors.

Don't forget the windows too.

Always, always,

Remember to lock your doors.

For every inexplicable feeling,

That someone is watching you,

There is a pair of eyes,

Following you

Through the dark.

Eyes that belong to no human,

Eyes you should fear.

Remember to lock your doors,

For every creak you hear

On your polished wooden floorboards,

Every knock you hear,

Coming from a cupboard you know was closed

Every sound you hear,

In the dead of the night,

Is real.

Do not dismiss the sounds

As figments of your anxious imagination,

Your anxiety

The unease you feel

Is real.

Remember to lock your doors,

And the windows too.

For every howling breath of wind,

You hear.

Brings with it a Darkness

You must fear.

If you forget to lock your doors

If you forget to close your windows.

When you feel the eyes,

Penetrate your skin,

And the anxiety washes over you

When the wind howls

And the floorboards creak

Cower in fear

And pray

It's not the last thing you hear.