The Unbidden Guest

Oh, it is like any other night
Quite quietly still
Neither a stir nor a quiver
Neither a hush nor a shush 
No stars, not even the moon
peeking through the dark quilt
of this shadowless night.

Yet my heart is pounding heartlessly
Yet my mind is meandering mindlessly.

It is about time to curl up and repose
let my soul slumber and debunk my ego,
But wonder why my spirit is so restive?
My emotions unruly,
Why this night is sabotaging my sleep?

Like a black mamba slithering over
a white marble floor,
My loneliness coils itself up
around my wayward thoughts
and tightens its grip to exorcize the
dark demons dwelling within my spirit…

Doorbell chimes,

Someone’s at the door!