Lurking In The Dark! ! Poem by Pooja Karnani

I always have you in my dreams..
As soon as you come, I scream..
I run helter-skelter,
In search of a safe shelter …

In my dreams, I see you here…
I see you climbing up there
This is not fair
For my sleep you don't even care ! !

You not only haunt me in my slumber
In reality also I am afraid of spots somber..
‘cause I find you over there
Waiting for me with your stark stare..! !

At midnight I get up in fear
To check out if you are not near..
Sometimes I find you…
Sometimes the shadow of something disguises you…

With me you are soo much in woo…
That you even follow me in the loo…! ! ! !
Can't I have my solitude over there ? ?
Oh! God when will you answer my prayers…..? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Please rid me of this phobia
My life will then become an utopia..
To be very naïve..
It's the only tension that I have..

In my life, I don't have any other flight…
I am not even afraid of heights
I am not afraid even if million mouse approach
Even if it rains of cockroach..! !

But I am afraid of that single thing
Tears in my eyes it brings..
Jitters run down my spine..
I am paying for which crime…? ? ? ? ! ! ! ! !

When I have my examination..
You are the reason behind my tension..
I am not afraid of any difficult question…
But you, near me moving in a rapid motion…

You are sleek, you are abrupt..you are long…
You are sooo strong
That even poison don't work on you..
‘cause you are yourselves full of venom….

You are yellow, pale..sometimes black…
All my sleep and peace you have hacked..
Where ever I go, you keep a track
And reach there in a flash…! !

I find even the monkeys sooo cute..
But you are a brute..
Monkey or any other..they can be killed at a spot…
But you are are soo small to be shot..! !

In my dream …
I see myself licking an ice-cream.
But from nowhere you turn up..
" aaaaaaoooooo…! ! ! "oh! Just shut up..! !

When a tough day I had..
I am worn out and I am sad…
To change my thoughts
I pull aside the curtain to experience the weather so hot…! !

But the you jump on me…
I don't know how to get rid of thee….! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I guess I got to visit some wizard….
" oh! ! mummmm….! ! Save me..there's a
lizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzarddddddddddddddd…..! ! "