Shadow Walker

There's no monster there when the darkness billows

As you rest your head upon drool soaked pillows

And it's not a portentous doom laden warning

It's just the gathering pitch of a shadow forming

Though you might awaken with no cause for calmness

Fearing the baleful who are not close to harmless

You can kill the doubt and rest assured

If you're brave enough to pull the cord

                                   It will feed on angst, as it feeds on panic

                                   Touting fear to the cerebral manic

                                   If it's not a monster, it's of your essence

                                   Shape shifting shadows to form a coalescence

                                   Eldritch alter ego is a chimera seeker

                                   Violating dreams to make you madly meeker

                                   In your murky depths it's a malevolent rival

                                   Leeching (thieving) for its own survival

Found in dreadful dreams, it's a nightmare stalker

Cloaked in cloying tar, it's a shadow walker

Though you feel the fear, what is the danger?

Of a pernicious parasite that's not a stranger

You can't see the monster when the darkness billows

Can't see if it's drool, or blood, that soaks the pillows

And if you dwell in dreams you'll soon recollect

When a shadow turned into a silhouette