DREAM LOVER ONE

I stand trembling behind the door.
Terrified heart skips beats,
then thunders in my head.
There is movement across a floor.

I run to hide beneath cold sheets,
as though I could be safe in this bed.
This has to be some terrible spell!
Have I been found by something evil?

Door, on silent hinges, swings wider.
My eyes, in exclamation do, too!
I stare transfixed at this devil-man,
and pull the cool, scant linen higher.

He comes for me, and nothing I can do!
My fate is sealed as he takes my hand,
already knowing the rest of me so well.
He makes my mind see man -- not devil!

(c) 1998-2002 AnnLeigh Clair McGregor
aka Rennie Lorca