The monster under my bed
Dad, please leave the light on tonight
It’ll stop me having such a fright
But why he says and scratches his head
Because of the monster under my bed!
He laughs and bends to take a peep
There’s nothing there now go to sleep
But he can’t see it though he tries
His vision clouded by grown-up eyes
It spends the day beneath the stair
My parents completely unaware
And when I head up the wooden hill
I know it hears me through the still
Toothbrush in hand I hear the claws
Of those scary monster paws
That terrible pattering sound of doom
As it sneaks into my room
So only the glow from my little light
Can keep me safe in bed tonight
I leap onto my bed with a stifled yawn
And keep my feet tucked in ‘til dawn