SHE #11

Don't go out alone in the stormy night It's pitch dark in the ground outside The one that leads to the horizon And stretches all the way back to childhood Don't go near the lonely giant banyan A thick fragile shadow, it sways wildly At the mercy of the conniving winds Lightning will lash at you Pierce through the darkness, sear through your bone Don't look at her picture if you are alone Her eyes will stare through your being And sear through your bone. Like lightning she would expose All that you have buried deep in the night sky It would not be sticky, ,like rain or guilt She would lash, swift sharp and decisive: like death And in the flash before, reveal all secrets: yours, mine, man-kind's So don't go out alone in the stormy night Don't look at her picture, if you are alone