I feel your presence
In the dead of night
The moon lights the path before you
While the darkness covers your approach

You wear a sweeping black cloak
That hides your appearance
The hood shades your face
Leaving only mystery in its wake

You walk in and out of the shadows
You float as if in mid air
Have I only dreamt you?
Or are you really there?

I see you from my terrace
An apparition in the cool night breeze
I feel your fingers caress me
Or was that just the wind upon my cheek?

Your eyes seem to glow
With a fiery unearthly light
The warning bells chime within my mind
To run and not look back

But they hypnotize and beguile me
Filling me with desire
With but one entrancing glance
I’m frozen within your lair

You’re not of this world
My dark fantasy lover
You’ve come from an ethereal plane
Rekindling our love from long ago

I have seen you so many times
I try to remember from where
My mouth opens to scream your name
But that memory isn’t there

“Who are you?” I throw the question into the wind
And wait impatiently for your reply
With one last piercing stare, the darkness enfolds you
And with it, you disappear

Every night, you come to me
The scene then repeats
Who is this man who haunts me?
And without him, will I ever be complete?