SOMETHING SPOOKED ME

Something spooked me on arrival,
a quiet foreboding enemy of survival.

I turned on the porch light ---
BANG --- a shot pierced the night.

Hear the ruckus in the alley?
Chalk it up... one more to the tally.

A bullying thief is chased through the night
by a swift, fearless neighbor --- our new-founded knight.

He shouts: Somebody, call 9-1-1!

I re-check the security of my own door,
at this moment a scary, mind boggling chore --

A sense of duty compels me to call,
and this reign of madness is quick to fall.

Terror comes to a staggering halt ---
finality found through courageous catapult.

Looking outside with new lighting installed,
a hard lesson learned by relentless default.