ideas and
delusions
fade

maples and
sassafras
appear

on my mind

this process
from words
eludes

The sleepless nights come
The black merchants emerge
Slithering under silky cloaks
Over roads paved in shadow
Promising roads paved in gold
to the basest of buyers
an illusionary gift
A Dream
like a pocket watch
hanging from a chain
The truly tempting apple
that hellishly red apple
I dreamt I took a bite
sugary shards still in my throat
and already
You submerge me in feeling
forcefully
clasping my ankles
your claws
ripping my flesh
dragging me down
into darkness hidden
Here my love
you pull and pull
mistaken evil
Tension in my core
compresses my heart
I wait without air
without holding my breath
for reality to make real my dreams

For come the sun
of your presence
all dewy doubt
evaporates
Lust by night
Satan's pleasure
shall alight bright love
should come the day