My heart does thump

my skin does burn

When the shadow of a man stands

his presence adjourned

1 second he’s there

10 minutes he’s not

On the nights that the air

is stagnant and hot

Bending ‘round corners

lurking in hallways

These dreams of mine

They’re just a phase

A hint of a attention

I shouldn’t pay

To the being that haunts me before every day