I Can't Sleep

The night is still, the crescent's waned
 The blood is pulsing in my veins
 Uneasy is the mind that finds the worst is yet to come
 The doors are locked, the shades are drawn
 I pray I see sweet 'morrow's dawn
 Fortunate, the eyes that come to rise with the sun
 Tip-toe, so slow
 To the stair and 'Oh, no!'
 A figure in the dark imparts a shiver to my bones
 Alas, a rack of coats and hats
 Has nearly spurred my heart to lapse
 Allayed, the switch is thrown
 Still I feel I'm not alone
 I can't sleep
 A brief retreat into repose
 Is shattered by an awful blow
 I must investigate the source of such a dreadful sound
 Unto the stair I wend again
 The door's ajar but what's come in?
 Frozen in my fear, feet adhered to the ground
 Eyes wide, breath short
 To the hilt in ill sorts
 The shadow of a man, it stands where light had rightly shown
 Each pace retraced
 Fleeing in extreme haste
 'Intruder to my home, I cannot rest lest you not go!'
 The drubbing of the floor
 It's drawing near my door
 In the darkness I discern
 The knob begins to turn