Who’s There? (Harvey Dog) 3:10
April, 2025
vocals, Helm Synthesizer
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It’s Friday night, ten o’clock.
The curtains are closed,
the lights are out,
candles are burning.
I’m at peace
writing this
piece of poetry.
* knock-knock *
What the hell is that?
That sounded like a loud knocking
on my glass balcony door…
but, I’m on the third floor!
…not connected,
nor near, the next balcony.
There is no ladder.
Am I hallucinating?
I sit silently.
There’s no more knocking.
My heart returns to normal.
It’s OK.
It must have been the wind.
* knock-knock *
That was not the wind.
That was not a hallucination.
I’m too scared to move….
I’m too scared to look…
I’m four feet from the door.
What should I do?
Go away
whatever you are,
I plead helplessly.
There’s no safe place
in this day and age
I wail to Mother Fate…
(Is it the sins of the past
haunting me?
Is it people I’ve wronged
seeking revenge?
Is it her?)
I don’t move…
I can’t move.
* a gentle tapping *
I heard that….
I’m being mocked…
teased…tested.
I remain still.
It’s ghosts,
it must be ghosts….
(Is it her?)
* a gentle tapping *
I’m a broken statue
frozen in concrete fear…
I can’t move.
* two loud knocks *
I have to move…
My heart is
dangerously pounding…
As silent as a whisper
I rise from my chair
and tiptoe
to the bedroom….
There’s no balcony at the bedroom window….
I pull the covers over my head.
It’s a dream, it has to be a dream…
It’s OK now,
it’s OK…
I’m safe.
* knocking on the bedroom window *
I wrap the covers
around my body
tighter than a mummy…
My body shivers,
I’m haunted…
I know it.
(Is it her?
god-dammit!
Is it her?)
* knocking on the bedroom window *
My heart swells,
beats hard,
fast…
pumping blood
quickly…
There is no escape,
no safe haven,
no island in the sun.
I have no choice
but to face my fears…
let the ghosts in…
let them play.
I rise from the bed
and look out my
bedroom window.
My heart stops…
It’s her! It’s her!
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