"THE BOO MAN"


  You were there, a dark, mysterious, figure of something,


  I woke one night and It was you I saw standing In the 
  Corner.

  No words from you but suddenly you were no longer 
  There,

  Are you there. watching as one sleeps? they dream,
  Not A dream?

  You haunt one, you haunt yet another, what do you 
  Seek,  Are you of evil?

  You seem to go from room to room, place to place, 
   With Not much of a face,
          
  What were you trying to say to me? I wonder If you 
  Take many away,

  In the attic you do hide, forgot to close it all the way, 
  Up there in the dark of night.

  They know you stare In the dark, I think you roam with 
  Laughter when no one is home,

  I wonder If you are friend or foe, do you guard or wait 
  To torment an innocent soul?

  A young boy knows you are there, seen by more than 
  Just one, you are named the boo man,

  You are quiet and not much fun, what is it you search 
   For From beyond the setting sun?

  It appears you have gone to another place, will you 
  Return  After putting  fear upon another's face,

  Where are you boo man! do you watch me as always I 
  Wonder just where you might be?

                       Keith Garrett