A Journey Like Every Other

I leave the security of the house.
Only a short walk
Ahead.
It is dark and there is a
Feeling in the air.
The fences rattle
The wind calls my name.
My heart falls in time
With my footfalls.
A car with its engine running
And lights on faces me.
The driver concealed
In the black.
A tapping from
And unknown origin
Unsettles me.
I’m almost there.
Trees with crooked fingers
Grasp at me.
Lurch towards me with
And unknown intention.
My door is in sight.
A crash breaks the nights
Veil of silence.
An alarm sounds.
Something malevolent is
Out tonight.
My key struggles with the door,
But I’m in.
Safe.
Sound.
For tonight.