Finality

Finality


The silence awakens me.
I feel a presence in my room.

The lace curtains stir
on the open French doors,
lit by the moons golden glow.

I can not see his form
for it is hidden in the shadows,
but I know he is there.

The light scent of the lavender lilacs
drifts up to me from the moon lit garden below.
The fragrance takes me back to my childhood,
a time of peace, joy and innocence.

There is electricity in the air,
as his presence becomes obvious.
The hair on my neck stands on end.

His dark form looms over me
in the blackness of my room.
The sound of my rapidly beating heart,
hammers in my chest.

A scream rises up in my throat-
only to be silenced by his lips,
bruising and crushing my own..

I am terrified,
yet strangely attracted
to this dark sinister invader.
This is not the first time
he has come to me.

His hot breath on my neck
stirs my senses,
my nipples harden in hope of a caress,
from his fiery tongue.

His long slender fingers
grip my hair.
The slim column
of my neck is revealed.

I feel his sharp teeth
as he connects with my throat.

My humanity
is siphoned from me.
For the last time.