A Failure of Senses

That was it.
I didn't even have time to react.
The sudden burst of electricity
Didn't have the chance to fill
The light bulb with its splender.

Just a step into my bedroom door.
The evidence of a shower still beading
Off my chest.

The memories of horror movies
Never materialized in the dark.
But something far more terrible...

The sound wave of footsteps,
Or breath,
Failed to penetrate my ears...

I never even heard the gun shot.