A Silver Light Brings the Night
How dare you slip your silvery tail beneath
My velvet curtain? And you slink as though
One should know your deranged intent is certain!
Your frigid breath, in clouds of death, tumbles
Between the drapes. Soon, you escape your
Poisonous place, and stand before me, human.
Lo! Human! Indeed, you seem, yet fickle
As one from a distant dream. You slither your way
To my bedside, and lean in closer to confide…
“Oh, my child, you wander so,” you whisper
To me, two times, low. Though, despite sudden
Trepidation, I felt a somewhat obligation…
“Away from me! Be on thy way! I’ll wander
The morrow as I’ve wandered today. My
Words will grow bitter the longer you stay.”
You flash me a look of wild amusement, then
Utter in a voice of subtle illusion “All
Words taste better when spoken in the dark.”
“Bah, curse this bloody mark! Wish I’d never found that
ring in the park! From whence you came, you shall
Return! And I’ll never receive what I have earned!”
You smile a sinister smile indeed! And I am
Hard-pressed to impede the You that really
Isn’t Me. You are persistent, I must say
And I’d rather not have it that way. Your
Kiss is comprised of many lips, and reddens
My blue fingertips. “I want you gone---Be gone, I say!”
“Do you truly mean what you say?” Your slithering
Voice leaves my own weak. I say with helplessness and meek,
“In the light, I am strong. In the dark, I am weak.
Are my words my own, or are they chosen for me?”
You sigh a sigh of heavy burden and look me in the eye.
“Oh, my child, you wander so. And now, it’s time to...”