Sleepy Shadows

Shadow on the roof across the street
An apparition I've no wish to meet
Why do you stare with eyes ablaze
Why do you quicken my heart beat
As the moon shines in the thickening haze

Close the windows and bolt the door
Stop this fiend from days of yore
From reaching my sanctum so replete
In safety and peace abundantly stored
-So that I may have a restful sleep

Hammering door can't take much more
As I brace my feet upon the floor
With all my might - an epic feat
I lunge myself against the door
Slinging myself from out of sleep &
wrestling a specter that is no more