I want the kind of haunting
that leaves the curtains drawn,
the kind where I hear footsteps
long after they've moved on.
A black coat in the distance.
A pale face behind a mask.
A figure that disappears
whenever I turn back.
Let everyone call it terrifying.
Let them tell me I'm insane.
I'll be standing at the window
hoping he comes back again.
Because there's something intoxicating
about being watched by the night..
especially when the thing watching
looks devastatingly right.