Leave The Light On



Leave the light on in the hall
the dark shadows in my room
seem to move.
What was that I saw?
A figure creeps across the wall,
But it’s just a shadow after all.
What is that creaking sound
coming up the stairs?
It is just the dark
playing on my fears.
Turn the light off in the hall,
for shadows are only shadows
After all.
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Submitted on October 25, 2010

Modified on April 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDAAEFGHAIA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 313
Words 66
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

Angela Neal

I'm a 25-yr-old work-at-home-momma and I work as a freelance writer. I've just started working on a novel and I've been blogging since 2001. My current blog is at angiegoboom.com if you want to check it out! more…

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