Darkness & Light

photo by PSC / 2012

Darkness & Light

She’s never seen them

but she believes

in those dark creatures

that sometimes inhabit her dreams:

vague, faceless beings, evil, oppressive.

They hover, skulking in the dark, shadows

leaning close to exhale their hot breath,

inhale her voice and swallow it whole,

closing her throat, making of her screams

 only breathless rasps no one will hear,

palpitating her heart in triple syncopation.

But last night was different:

visited instead by old friends

(unseen, unrecalled for years)

she was comforted, protected,

embraced in their arms

and she wakens, wondering

if mayhap their dreams, too,

 were haunted

last night

by her presence.

PSC/2014-Apr

 

Written for 2014 April PAD Challenge:  Day 27 – A monster poem:

http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2014-april-pad-challenge-day-27