Something SPOOKY

(And this, is a true story!)

Apparition


I have a stack of one dark dream,
Connected by a recurring theme-
A tormenting tower built year upon year,
Under a setting woeful and dour

The theme presents a clear, simple effigy
It is of the Devil, who schemes to seduce me

His frame and figure through the years have varied,
Sometimes He's a man appearing un-harried
He's rolled like black-silver clouds just over my head
And when I was young, He wore horns and his face was red

The constant of this nightmare? I'm tempted to sway,
But I always wake just before I fall prey.
Except for last night...

Last night was different, I continued to sleep
For the devil had a face I knew, handsome and sweet
I noticed there also- not two persons, but three-
Within the room was an angel, with the devil and me!

As I sat beside the devil (while the angel looked on)
I fixed on his comely mouth, his voice beguiling fawn.
The angel (knowing my thoughts) granted me one kiss -free-
And said he would stand by to watch over me.

Nose to nose with the devil, angel looking on,
I kissed my tempter sweetly, and there upon
The heat within my heart grew! Curiosity un-quenched
I desired more - and my stomach wrenched

The receiver of my kiss complacently turned away
For I -
I had now passed the point of sway!
I was now a prisoner of desire, willingly damned to hell-
Choosing to give up all, even my protecting angel!

I was left all alone with a black heartache
The heat of my body stirred me to wake-
Sweating, shaking, my breath short and swift-
I had had a revelation. The angel was a gift!

A stack of visions, a chain that finally led
To a kiss of knowledge-My true heart read;
All those years- from that rogue I struggled to free,
But in all those dreams- the Seducer, the Liar, the Devil-

Was me.