What's the scaredest you've ever been?
Hearing a ghost climb our stairs,
walk down the hallway and stop at
our doors, then walk back down the hallway
like a sentry on duty and descend those
same stairs (used to scare the bejeezus
out of my sister and me) but that was
not my worst scare
No, not even going into the abandoned
"haunted house" up the Waddell Creek Road
and back into the deep woods, where we
knew we did not belong and having the door
slam shut after entering, on a dare
was not my worst scare
I've been grabbed by cold hands and pinched
in the dark by giggling friends in "haunted houses"
at Halloween and the county fair
Stephen King writes a horrific story,
It comes to mind, but if you watch it enough
times the fright factor simmers way down
so, that's not my worst scare
No, the scaredest I've ever been was in
my own bed when I was only ten
I felt a firm grip through the blanket,
on my thigh
First, I pulled the covers over my head,
Then I peeked out and in the moonlight
Still in someone's grip, I saw that
nobody was there!
Footsteps were one thing, but
to actually be touched by an entity
with no visibility made me
instantly pray: Jesus! Make it go away!
The footsteps on the stair and in the hall
continued night after night, but the most
crucial part of my prayer was answered,
I was never touched again. Whew!
And that friends, was the scaredest
I've ever been!
raintreepoet wishing you a mildly scary Halloween.
