Open portal

I dare not sleep with door ajar,

lest I be visited from afar;

or near,  through open portal,

by something more than merely mortal.

I fear what enters through the crack;

that dense dividing slit of black,

encountering things that cannot be;

through the thickened air surrounding me.

Icy gust an image brings

of demon's flight on blackened wings;

Cloven hoof sounds on the stair,

Devil rising from his lair.

Lying prone and paralyzed,

my helpless limbs anesthetized

all my senses amplified.

I am truly terrified.

Spectral voices do I hear

spewing curses in my ear.

Behind my eyes such things I see

which invite the death of me.

Till morning dawns and night dark wanes,

I cling to sanity's remains.

Pray to stay this side of portal

live; face evils merely mortal.

Grapher  Nov..2012

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