Scary Things That Are Not So Scary

Scary Things That Are Sometimes Not So Scary

By: Shasta Cannon

As I lay in my bed shadows appear
The toys that I play with suddenly I fear
My toys distort in the dark as they seem to grow
My toys become strange to me and act like they know
They scare me, terrify me you could say
I suddenly wish for it to be day
I call out “Momma! Help me please”!
She comes rushing in and puts me right at ease
She goes over to turn on the light
And shows me that it's all right
What I am seeing are only shadows on the wall
That can be mermaids, fairies or flowers that grow tall
Then she leans over close and says, “Do not be so weary because scary things sometimes are not so scary.”

Sometimes when I wake up at night and I go to the kitchen.
I go to the cabinet to grab my water cup and I pause to listen.
The fridge crashes and bumps!
And fizzles and thumps!
I fly out of the kitchen towards my parents' room.
Yelling, “Momma, momma the fridge went BOOM!
She gets up and goes to the fridge to see
What has gotten into me!
She hears the sounds like click and splatter!
My mother now realizes what is the matter!
She opens the freezer door
To show me that it is nothing more
Than the ice machine in our freezer
Of course, I did not want to believe her
However, there it was as clear as day
It was that ice machine that had spooked me this way
Then mom sends me off to bed,
but not before giving me a kiss on my head.
And reminds me not to be so weary
because scary things are sometimes not so scary.

Later that night I hear a scratch on my window.
All I can manage is a tiny “oh no.”
This time it is not growing on my walls or in my head.
It is occurring right outside my window near my bed.
I am too scared to blink or even scream.
I am frozen to my bed just like ice cream.
I can not move or even yell.
I feel like I have been put under a spell.
Just when I think I can not take much more.
Guess who shows up at my door?
“Mom?”
That's when she peeks in my room and says
“It is a dark and windy night
and I want to make sure you are all right?”
With a sigh of relief
I manage to hide my grief
I look up at her and say
“Do not worry about me mom for I am not weary
because scary things sometimes are not so scary”.

The End