I'm nearer than you think

Breath, huff. Yes this word, huff.

You are out in this darkness with me. The still looming trees, the shadows, a snapping twig. I watch you stand in the light, trying to not think about scary movies and bears.

I wait as you stop searching in the dark, peering for danger. Your panoramic hunt for the boogey slows, you head settles back to front, and then I huff.

Huff deep, hard and big, you stagger back and quiver, rattling fear. It shakes through every hole in your face.

And like the monster in the dark that I am, My chest fills, I grow another inch, longer teeth, a dirtier, amused evil.
Welcome to my back yard.