Goblin Night

Shadows bouncing 'round my room,
tinting light in shades of gloom,
find me climbing into bed
time to rest my weary head

Darkness peering in my door,
fingers spread across my floor,
snaking,streaming on my wall
writhing, wriggling down my hall

Whispers drifting in my ear,
soon the goblins will appear
making mischief in the night
filling boys and girls with fright

From underneath the bed they come
from closets, from toy boxes and windows, some
with eyes aglow, all red and green,
they enter on the nighttime scene

When the goblins take their flight
close your eyes and tuck in tight
pay no mind and sleep will come
and by morning you'll find no harm done