One. Two. Three. Four...
I hide just beyond your open door,
Careful not to make a noise
And wake you from your sleepful poise.
Five. Six. Seven. Eight...
I begin to salivate.
Watching as you kick and squirm,
From all the lovely dreams I spur.
Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve...
Deeper through your dreams we delve.
Your darting eyes and frantic breath,
I watch as you hold still for death.
Thirteen. Forteen. Fifteen. Six-
It seems that now I have been found.
Your face shrivels up as if to invite
But alas I cannot take my bite.
Sixteen. Seventeen...
I have been caught. I have been seen.
Tonight's winner will not be me.
Yet another night, I think with glee.
Eighteen. Nineteen.
I watch to be sure, to no avail.
You have seen me fair and square.
Our little game will start again.
Twenty.
The very next time you lie your head.
