Demon / Lover ?

12-28-08

Have you any demons
whispering your name;
dragging out the secrets
that you hide in shame?

Have you any monsters
taunting you by name:
actions so sadistic,
toying with their game?

Have you any angels
soothing you by name;
binding up your wounds,
firming limbs once lame?

Have you any close friends
speaking of your name:
praising you in public,
heedless of your “fame?”

I have heard these demons
whispering my name,
deep inside a dark heart
where they once laid claim

I was that dread monster
taunting me by name;
the grinding of my bones
left my spirit lame

So, then, who's the angel
soothing me by name;
treating me as special,
not some broken game?

You, my dear, my close friend,
whom I call my wife:
You soothed and bandaged me.
You; you saved this life.