She doesn't know
I do this – it's probable classed as
Stalking anyway and would
Freak her out if
She knew.
So I keep it a
Secret form her – really
I'm just
Protecting her from …
From myself?
I only come the
Nights I can't
Sleep. The early hours when even
Vampire and demons have
Gone to bed.
This is my time.
This is when I watch her.
My Sleeping Beauty,
Curled up in her bed –
'Snug as a bug in a rug.'
I'm not doing her
Any harm; not really doing
Any wrong. I have a
Gift, but I
Hide it in the shadows.
So night after night,
I sit here as
She sleeps.
Watching, waiting.
I dare not go any closer.
I just sit on this tree
Outside
Sleeping Beauty's window
And I watch her, and
Use the gift.
I draw her.
I draw her awake, asleep,
Slaying, studying,
Dancing with her friends, in the dark, in the light.
Never with me.
She doesn't know
I do this. And really,
If I'm honest with
Myself, I do it
A lot more than I'd like.
One day, maybe I'll tell
Sleeping Beauty about
My gift to her, from her.
Only when she's asleep though,
When she's mine.
Well, I finally got around to it...