Slink, you black devil <br />Across my room. <br />Into my face, unsubtle. <br />I`m not afraid of you. <br />See, I only fear <br />What befalls unknown, <br />Not this intimacy here <br />Where empathy has grown. <br />You`ve sheilded me <br />From my reckless hell <br />When I couldn`t stand to see <br />How very far I fell. <br />Within your fiery embrace <br />I find absolution <br />And the means to face <br />Truth born of confusion <br />You stealthily entice <br />With a shiny new blade <br />Your ending advice <br />Of a tranquil persuade <br />Stripped down by a measure <br />of incomparable ease <br />I cling to what pleasure <br />Flows from the devil beside me<br /><br />Brandi Guthrie<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/devil-beside-me/
