It came in the night
a poem by Susan Riley
I wake,my heart thumping in my throat,
A noise has silence,broken,
As I slept amidst a dream,
A voice came in the night,
And lingered,words unspoken.
Icy fingers down my spine,
I felt them as I left my slumber,
Cold sweat on my trembling brow,
Blood is rushing in my ears..
Sounds like roaring thunder.
Tears have soaked my frightened face..
I don't know why it's so..
I don't understand this fear in me..
It came to me so suddenly,
But do I want to know?
In the darkness can I see..
A form that floats in the doorway?
I feel like something is watching me..
And I'm not certain what it is..
But I wish it would go away..
The figure moves towards me..
a cloudy floating mist..
Advancing slowly toward my bed..
Thunder crashing in my heart...
I'm silently screaming,"What is this?"
This is a ghost I see before me..
I am convinced that it is so...
Gliding thru my bedroom...
Shining in the darkness..
A whitish golden glow..
A kaleidescope,like shattered glass,
Filling up the room,
Envelopes my body,
like a chilling breeze upon me..
Illuminates the gloom.
This entity overwhelms me,
A story it must tell,
Is sending me a message,
A reason for its being..
Why it lingers in this hell.
I am taken by it's sadness,
Saddened by its fear,
my heart is aching for this being,
that used to be a soul on earth,
but is now just partly here.
It comes to meet me every night,
And I try to understand,
But as time goes on,
It less fears and cries..
With me to hold its hand.
