Tiny Tap

                                                                               

Late in the night 

I heard a thump

of 

I do not know

what. 

Oh, how it made 

my heart jump. 

Dread washed over 

me as my body

rippled with goose

bumps. 

Then 

I heard

a tiny tap.  

Followed by a tinier rap. 

In fear I grinned. 

A chill I felt  

around my toes

That just rose 

And rose.

Until it

was completely 

around me. 

Cold with dread

standing 

there

I felt something

start to 

stare

at me.

As if to 

to dare

me to

scream. 

What a smiling smirk

it had

there

in the dark

that thing 

that went thump. 

And that then

made a tiny tap. 

And then a 

Tinier rap.