Stow away
Softly stepping
Barefoot
Toes
Tentatively explore
The blackness
Then gaining
Definition
Silently
Gripping
The edge of each step
Curling slightly under
Each worn wooden lip
Down
Down
Hands outstretched
Fingers spread carefully searching
Eyes wide but unseeing
Heart pounding
Pulse racing
Each moment
Eternity
Each step
Closer
Closer
Shhhhhhh
Ohhhhhhh
Heart in my throat now
Thrumming loudly
In my ears
Just ahead a sliver of moonlight
Piercing the blackness
My eyes search its radiant path
Stop suddenly
Riveted
Oh god my god
Ohhhhhh yes
Trembling now
I cannot speak
Cannot think
Only feel
Moving instinctively
Eyes never leaving
Your precious face
As you sleep
Unaware
That I have come
At last
~ by Erica 9-27-01