The night is warm around me <br />A rarity, I admit <br />Tonight I cannot sleep at all <br />I am ready to submit <br /> <br />A tapping at my window <br />A ghost or faerie form? <br />Samhain creeps closer, true <br />To steal me in the storm <br /> <br />I throw back the heavy covers <br />I sit up straight and see <br />A ghostly shape of faerie folk <br />Taps at my window for me <br /> <br />Should I stay or should I go? <br />The faerie beckons me <br />'Come with me, my darling one, <br />And I will set you free' <br /> <br />I see his shining face through <br />The window of my room <br />If I do not take his offer, will <br />This place become my tomb? <br /> <br />I throw open wide the window <br />And let the faerie in <br />He smiles at me and enters <br />Will I become like him? <br /> <br />I closed my eyes and waited <br />Perhaps for my demise <br />When I looked at him again <br />I stared in wild surprise <br /> <br />A tall and handsome man was he <br />A man of faerie form <br />He smiled at me and took my hand <br />'Let me take you home' <br /> <br />He took me to the window <br />I paused, I was afraid <br />The stars above twinkled innocent <br />'Jump' to me, he bade <br /> <br />I held my breath, I closed my eyes <br />I stepped into unknown <br />Like a white feather I floated down <br />Landed lightly on the stone <br /> <br />We ran through the urban forests <br />Through the darkened night <br />Hand in hand we leapt and sang <br />Until the dawns first light <br /> <br />At the paling of the sky, he said <br />'Stay with me, my sweet, <br />My love, I'll keep you safe from harm, <br />Listen to my heart beat' <br /> <br />The breeze caught my hair, I smiled <br />And nodded in ecstasy <br />To Fairyland we stole at once <br />My faerie lover and me<br /><br />Rebecca Kate Summers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stolen-24/
