i noticed you when i was six

you’re long fingers loved to scratch against the walls

at first i was scared

i would hide under the covers, praying that you would go away

you would whisper silently

“it’s okay.”

i believed then that you where a liar

with you’re tail that seemingly burned with fire

you chilled in my walls while i was asleep

not even daring to take a peek

i didn’t know then

how could i?

i didn’t know that the man in my closet was the real spy

he would chitter his teeth as his sockets gleamed red

“come out and play with me,” he said

he would tap his fingers against the door, his nails filled with lead

whenever i heard his voice i cried for help with dread

you would roar with glory, scaring the gorey creature away

he spied from the closet

you protected the walls

i named him Corey

you where Glory

when i thought i was safe, Corey would chitter his yellow teeth, his soulless sockets empty

then you, Glory, would save me from my fiend

and after a while, Corey vanished, unable to scare me when you where near

“freedom at last!” i cried, thrilled from the victory

but when i knocked on the walls i realized you where no where with me