Robbery 2 Poem by Phil Soar

I locked the door behind me
I turned off all the lights
I programmed the alarm, and then
I took off in the night
and when I got back later
the door was off the latch
I saw a person running
who I tried my best to catch
he sped across the garden
and leapt across the gate
trampling on my flower beds
with quite a hefty weight
I rushed around the corner
as he vanished in thin air
one minute he was right in front
the next he wasn't there
I gave up after many yards
he ran like Usain Bolt
I shouted at him many times
I could not make him halt
I went back to my property
And while I had been gone
Someone had stolen everything
They'd tricked me all along