Even though I know this poem below doesn’t include the word loud, as soon as I saw the word prompt from Miss Kate it simply spilled off my fingertips. 🙂 The scream in the night, in reality, was less of a scream than call. Just a fully recognized alert sounding for someone who knows the danger hidden in this particular fur coat.
The Scream in the Night
It came suddenly
the scream in the night.
Making my heart
Leap with fright.
With wondering eyes,
to the door I fled.
Hoping in my heart,
against all my dread.
Indeed it was true,
I saw it full well.
That beast of my terrors
Outside my home it did dwell.
What should I do?
This scavenger of might!
With one who would cause
Such alarm in the night?
A trap, yes indeed
This owner would lay.
To keep safe some bunnies
This predator would slay.
Raw in egg, a trap in the other
Place, bait down
Set in place
with a frown.
Would the predator come
Allured by the egg?
Prevent it from grabbing
a young bunnies leg?
Success! Oh the bliss!
There’s no scream in the night!
No more worry
No more fright!
A long-distance journey
A new home to find.
One predator a forest
to place his behind!
Much safer and better
than urban life to live.
Less traffic, natural food
I’m happy to give.
Lovely poem!
The idea of a scream in the night made me think of last summer when my son had a night terror while camping. At 16, he had never had a night terror before. There was silence in the air, and he was just a few feet away from me in our tent. That was by far the loudest scream I have ever heard!
Amie, FMF #14
OH MY! That would have had me jump out of my skin too! I hope the terrors resolved.
A scream in the night
is really okay;
it doen’t cause fright
’cause it’s everyday.
The daylight routine
is kind of a balm;
no need to scream,
and I can stay calm,
but cancer’s advantage
comes when I sleep,
pushed to the edge,
count carnivorous sheep.
I love the day, when all’s said and done;
like Tennyson’s Vivien, I worship the sun.
the sun is good isn’t it? 🙂
Love this poem, and the title. It made me hold my breath while I was reading it.
Oh GOOD! 🙂
Great building up of the tension in your poem! Enjoyed reading ☺️
thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Screams in the night are not the loud I want to experience!! I’m glad you were able to catch your pesky invader – and rehome him!! And that everyone/everything sleeps peacefully again:)
i was glad too. 🙂
Oh, I enjoyed this much! Glad he was relocated to a much safe place for him.
I’m glad! It was fun to write too! and I’m happy to relocate varmints to better locales. 🙂