In Sleep's Chamber

Far, over the monstrous gray summits As dusking shadows crept stealthily on, When night had turned more stygian And glow worms had begun throwing flickers of light Like sequins stitched onto a flowing velvet gown, When night sky had thus turned Into a rare configuration of light and shade When in the west was burning a solitary star And like a one man army, it valiantly blocked The advance of infiltrating clouds, When fledglings cuddled for warmth Under their mother's flayed wings When cicadas were chanting their litany in shrill monotone, When the breeze whispered sweet nothings in my ear And autumn leaves in strong gale Flew about and nosedived into their ebony bed, When my conscious thoughts evaporated And I was left to linger in a semi stupor, I knew a familiar spirit visiting me unsought With the passion of a lover eager to subdue; Morpheus with the scent of poppy leaves all about him To lure my soul to bliss and chill the heat of weary toil By the indulgent grip of his masculine hands He took me on his wings to chartless oceans and fairy isles And finally to his secret chamber for a date Making me swoon in secreted ecstasy!